The Torpedo Miass Herald
Market29 Nov 2027
Evgeny Ibragimov asks to leave Torpedo Miass
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom29 Nov 2027
Pressure builds in the Torpedo Miass boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Market29 Nov 2027
Vitaly Tsikishev is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Torpedo Miass is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Pyotr Barinov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Miass have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A row about effort at Torpedo Miass
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexey Larin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom29 Nov 2027
Wages eat 157% of everything Torpedo Miass earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Tempers go at Torpedo Miass
Maxim Tarasov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
The dugout29 Nov 2027
Evgeny Ibragimov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market29 Nov 2027
The Alexey Larin talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Miass know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad Questions about Roman Kovalev on the training pitch
- The dugout Vyacheslav Bezzubov keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, Daniil Yashin