The Druzhba Herald
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
Druzhba run out of patience with Platon Pushkin
The end came on a Tuesday, as these things usually do: a short meeting, a shorter statement, and Platon Pushkin clearing his office by noon. Football’s cruellest ritual, performed to schedule.
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
Matvey Drozdov steps up at Druzhba for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Market16 Jul 2029
Vladislav Bokov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Druzhba can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Zaid Koblev has improved at 24, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Druzhba
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Door shut on Sopuruchukwu Obieri
Druzhba asked and Fakel said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Jul 2029
Krystian Mucha falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market16 Jul 2029
One of our own: Aleksandr Simakov joins the Druzhba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksandr Simakov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Jul 2029
One of our own: Savely Dmitriev joins the Druzhba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Savely Dmitriev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Yefrem Alexandrov joins the Druzhba first team
- Boardroom No signings allowed at Druzhba
- Transfer targets Druzhba try to borrow Artem Karpekin