The Salyut Courier
Market17 Jul 2028
Sergey Gaiduk asks to leave Salyut
“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.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Vadim Rassadin says Salyut went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings17 Jul 2028
Vladislav Faskhutdinov scores twice — 8.60
Two goals and a mark of 8.60 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
4 academy graduates step up at Salyut
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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
A row about effort at Salyut
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikita Ponomarev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match15 Jul 2028
Vladislav Faskhutdinov sends Salyut past Zvezda
It finished 2‑0, and it was Vladislav Faskhutdinov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Salyut.
Market17 Jul 2028
Salyut promote Danila Reshetnikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Danila Reshetnikov 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
One of our own: Vasily Gorbachev joins the Salyut first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vasily Gorbachev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Jul 2028
Luka Kurlov steps up from the Salyut academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luka Kurlov 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.
In brief
- Boardroom Salyut board go back on their word
- Squad Tempers go at Salyut
- Squad Vadim Rassadin wants out of the dugout