The Druzhba Herald
Market17 Jul 2028
Borys Mołdach has said yes to Zenit Penza
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Druzhba have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Tamirlan Khakhov frozen out at Druzhba
This is not rotation. Tamirlan Khakhov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Druzhba is pretending otherwise.
Market17 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Sarkis Shahgeldyan
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sarkis Shahgeldyan will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Druzhba the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A falling-out at Druzhba
Marcel Stenka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Druzhba
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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Words at Druzhba training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Soslan Cherdzhiev 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Druzhba promote Evgeni Savinov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Evgeni Savinov 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.
Market17 Jul 2028
Druzhba promote Platon Tikhomirov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Platon Tikhomirov 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.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
Druzhba cannot sign anybody
The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.
In brief
- Boardroom Druzhba are $2.8M in the red
- The dugout No hiding place for Vyacheslav Khudoklinov
- Player ratings Eddi Tsanava takes the honours