The Neman Chronicle
Market13 Jan 2031
Nikita Dovnar is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Neman is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad13 Jan 2031
A falling-out at Neman
Pavel Savitskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad13 Jan 2031
Stanislau Balanovich stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stanislau Balanovich and Neman agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout13 Jan 2031
Yauhen Gordeichuk gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Yauhen Gordeichuk is on it.
Market13 Jan 2031
The Pavel Savitskiy story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Pavel Savitskiy signs something — a contract at Neman or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout13 Jan 2031
The manager makes Andrei Bykau a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Neman. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- The dugout Evgeniy Patyutko knocks on the manager's door
- Boardroom Neman keep producing them
- Squad Valery Laptev is fit again