The Orenburg Courier
Market14 Feb 2028
Jhon Palacios turns Rodina down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market14 Feb 2028
Evgeny Bolotov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Orenburg can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
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Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Orenburg
Jersson González 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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words at Orenburg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Vasiljev 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.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Orenburg rebuffed over Georgy Gongadze
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ufa have kept their man, and Orenburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market14 Feb 2028
Orenburg promote Vyacheslav Zaitsev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vyacheslav Zaitsev 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Orenburg promote Gavriil Protasov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gavriil Protasov 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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Lenix Conde signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lenix Conde and Orenburg agree another 4 years.
In brief
- The dugout Danila Khotulev gets it from the manager
- The dugout Robert Mejía asks for a word with the manager
- Squad No place for Egor Karpitskiy in the new shape