The Torpedo Moscow Courier
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Daniil Zhitnikov: 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 Moscow have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Torpedo Moscow
Alesson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Torpedo Moscow
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Torpedo Moscow training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sergey Borodin is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Nikita Iosifov was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Mario Ćurić 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Rodion Burov steps up from the Torpedo Moscow academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodion Burov 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Lev Davydov joins the Torpedo Moscow first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lev Davydov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Timofey Goncharov joins the Torpedo Moscow first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Timofey Goncharov 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 Dmitri Dobrynin steps up from the Torpedo Moscow academy
- Boardroom Torpedo Moscow board go back on their word
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Sergey Borodin