The Chelyabinsk Herald
Market22 Jul 2030
Bogdan Rogochiy puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Chelyabinsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets22 Jul 2030
Daniil Lukin turns down Chelyabinsk
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Spartak Moscow keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Player ratings22 Jul 2030
Nobody could get near Denis Pushkarev
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom22 Jul 2030
Graduation day at Chelyabinsk
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.
Squad22 Jul 2030
A row about effort at Chelyabinsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Konstantin Kertanov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market22 Jul 2030
Bogdan Dmitriev steps up from the Chelyabinsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bogdan Dmitriev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market22 Jul 2030
One of our own: Vyacheslav Chizhov joins the Chelyabinsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vyacheslav Chizhov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Jul 2030
One of our own: Pavel Suvorov joins the Chelyabinsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Pavel Suvorov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad22 Jul 2030
Home is on Yaser Alo Ali's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Chelyabinsk are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
In brief
- Transfer targets Chelyabinsk ask about Joel Halliday
- Squad Andrei Babkin in a row with a teammate
- The dugout The view from the dugout