The Shakhter Donetsk Courier
Market19 Jul 2032
Yefrem Galkin asks to leave Shakhter Donetsk
“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.
Squad19 Jul 2032
A falling-out at Shakhter Donetsk
Øyvind Sandnes Olsen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2032
Graduation day at Shakhter Donetsk
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2032
Shakhter Donetsk rebuffed over Matvey Kholin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSK Pervorechenskoe have kept their man, and Shakhter Donetsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market19 Jul 2032
Shakhter Donetsk promote Artem Shevtsov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Artem Shevtsov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2032
One of our own: Yefrem Galkin joins the Shakhter Donetsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yefrem Galkin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2032
One of our own: Ruslan Karimov joins the Shakhter Donetsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ruslan Karimov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout19 Jul 2032
Ilja Ivanov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad19 Jul 2032
Shakhter Donetsk count the cost of losing Igor Lipatov
31 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Player ratings Alessio Calotă takes the honours
- Transfer targets A loan move for Ilja Bychkov is in the works
- Match Honours even between Shakhter Donetsk and Spartak Nalchik