The Rubin Yalta Post
Squad16 Jul 2035
44 days out for Hugo Delaye after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Rubin Yalta will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market16 Jul 2035
Ivan Andrakhovich 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 Rubin Yalta can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2035
Matvey Kholin is a medical away from Rubin Yalta
The deal with PSK Pervorechenskoe is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad16 Jul 2035
A falling-out at Rubin Yalta
Artem Kulikov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom16 Jul 2035
5 academy graduates step up at Rubin Yalta
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.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2035
Door shut on Ivan Grinko
Rubin Yalta asked and Neftekhimik said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout16 Jul 2035
No hiding place for Giorgi Arabidze
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Giorgi Arabidze, and the manager let it.
Market16 Jul 2035
Rubin Yalta promote Yaroslav Aliyev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yaroslav Aliyev 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.
Market16 Jul 2035
Ruslan Sevastianov steps up from the Rubin Yalta academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ruslan Sevastianov 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
- Market Aleksei Polunin steps up from the Rubin Yalta academy
- Boardroom Rubin Yalta board go back on their word
- Transfer targets Rubin Yalta try to borrow Ivan Grinko