The Ural Chronicle
Market19 Jul 2027
Léo Cordeiro says no to Sampaio Corrêa
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Léo Cordeiro had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Roman Akbashev keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ural may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A one-man rearguard from Alexandr Selikhov
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Fee done, terms next for Matheus Reis
Ural and CSKA Moscow have settled on $3.0M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Market19 Jul 2027
Rubin come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Ural did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Ural
Martin Sekulić and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
2 academy graduates step up at Ural
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.
Match17 Jul 2027
Still nobody has beaten Ural
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Ural rebuffed over Lewys Benjamin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Akhmat Grozny have kept their man, and Ural go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Ural
- Market Pyotr Alyoshin steps up from the Ural academy
- Market Rodion Shevtsov steps up from the Ural academy