Andrei Laptev

Left Midfielder - Bumprom Gomel U20
9 Nov 2030
Saturday
Process

Marked for Andrei Laptev

197 Edition

The Bumprom Gomel Herald

6 May 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Bumprom Gomel's wait for a win

12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Bumprom Gomel has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Alexey Zayats asks to leave Bumprom Gomel

“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.

Squad

Mikhail Kazimir signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mikhail Kazimir commits to Bumprom Gomel for another 4 years.

Squad

Andrey Alshanik in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Bumprom Gomel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Still no ink between Bumprom Gomel and Roman Seredyuk

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Bumprom Gomel, another week without a signature from Roman Seredyuk.

The dugout

Uladzislau Kislyak on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Uladzislau Kislyak after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

The dugout

Alexey Zayats asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout

No hiding place for Matvey Levin

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matvey Levin, and the manager let it.

Match

Bumprom Gomel and Smorgon cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Smorgon came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

In brief

Back issues
128 Edition

The Bumprom Gomel Herald

8 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Viktar Shikavka damages knee ligaments — 25 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Squad

A fracture rules Dmitriy Kaplunov out for 87 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Bumprom Gomel will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Rinat Nurgaliev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bumprom Gomel can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Tempers go at Bumprom Gomel

Sino Absamadov 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.

Market

One of our own: Mikalai Arlouski joins the Bumprom Gomel first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikalai Arlouski is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Andrei Laptev steps up from the Bumprom Gomel academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andrei Laptev 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