The KAMAZ Chronicle
Squad4 Jun 2029
A fracture rules Evgeny Zamerets out for 118 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason KAMAZ will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Georgy Shalamkov arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Georgy Shalamkov has, at KAMAZ, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market4 Jun 2029
Nikita Dronov asks to leave KAMAZ
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market4 Jun 2029
Nikita Dronov is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KAMAZ is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom4 Jun 2029
Nikita Dronov signs for Chernomorets while still at KAMAZ
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Nikita Dronov has agreed terms with Chernomorets for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Tempers go at KAMAZ
David Karaev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Jun 2029
Georgy Shalamkov stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Georgy Shalamkov and KAMAZ agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market4 Jun 2029
A stepping stone, not a home, for Jonathan Hill
He is doing his job and he is not settling. KAMAZ were supposed to be a step up in his own reckoning, and his own reckoning has been adjusted since he arrived.
Market4 Jun 2029
A long bet from KAMAZ on Sebastian Juliussen
He is 20, and nobody at KAMAZ signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Francesco Tumiatti
- The dugout Timofey Kalistratov knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Andrey Maloletov