Denis Shevtsov

Left Midfielder - Astrakhan U19
25 Oct 2032
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277 Edition

The Astrakhan Herald

17 Nov 2031
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad17 Nov 2031

Words exchanged at Astrakhan

Astemir Gordyushenko 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.

Squad17 Nov 2031

Astemir Gordyushenko is slowing down

At 34, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

Boardroom17 Nov 2031

Embargo at Astrakhan

No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.

Squad17 Nov 2031

Astrakhan lose Denis Shevtsov

20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Boardroom17 Nov 2031

The borrowing at Astrakhan reaches $3.8M

Past the limit the bank set, which is the line between a club being financed and a club being in trouble. $3.8M is now the number every conversation about this club will start with.

Squad17 Nov 2031

Astrakhan are still strangers to each other

8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout17 Nov 2031

Kirill Gusev knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Kirill Gusev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout17 Nov 2031

No hiding place for Valery Sapunov

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

Market17 Nov 2031

The Dmitry Vladimirov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Dmitry Vladimirov signs something — a contract at Astrakhan or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

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273 Edition

The Astrakhan Herald

20 Oct 2031
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad20 Oct 2031

Words exchanged at Astrakhan

Maxim Sergeev 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.

Squad20 Oct 2031

Denis Shevtsov out for 48 days

The medical room confirms 48 days on the sidelines for Denis Shevtsov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom20 Oct 2031

Astrakhan 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.

The dugout20 Oct 2031

The manager makes an example of Kirill Gusev

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Player ratings20 Oct 2031

Ivan Kudryashov in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Boardroom20 Oct 2031

Astrakhan are $3.8M in the red

The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.

Squad20 Oct 2031

Too much change too quickly at Astrakhan

7 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Market20 Oct 2031

A long bet from Astrakhan on Maleli Ravai

He is 19, and nobody at Astrakhan signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Match18 Oct 2031

Astrakhan share the spoils with Spartak Nalchik

A 1‑1 draw with Spartak Nalchik leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

In brief