The Khimik Gazette
Market17 Jul 2034
Only the photograph left for Todor Bodurov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Todor Bodurov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Khimik the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 Jul 2034
Words exchanged at Khimik
Alexandr Popov 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.
Boardroom17 Jul 2034
8 academy players handed senior numbers at Khimik
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2034
Spartak Moscow tell Khimik: Fyodor Korolev is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match15 Jul 2034
Simon Taylor the difference as Khimik beat Irkutsk
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Simon Taylor. 2‑1 against Irkutsk, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces17 Jul 2034
The crowd has taken to Simon Taylor
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Jul 2034
Ivan Chaykovsky steps up from the Khimik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ivan Chaykovsky 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.
Market17 Jul 2034
Alexei Garin steps up from the Khimik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexei Garin 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.
Market17 Jul 2034
Khimik promote Alexandr Konovalov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexandr Konovalov 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.
In brief
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Oleg Krinkin
- Transfer targets Khimik try to borrow Matheus Santos
- Transfer targets Khimik ask about Mikhail Lyubimov