Marked for Mikhail Bashilov
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market8 Feb 2027
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Vitebsk people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Vitebsk had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Dnepr Mogilev, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Vitebsk
Mikhail Bashilov 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.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
Vitebsk asked and Niva said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets8 Feb 2027
A loan move for Patrik Mazuch is in the works
Vitebsk have made the call to AS Trencin. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The formation has left Adeola Olaleye behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. Vitebsk will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
Squad8 Feb 2027
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Vitebsk will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
The dugout8 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Semyon Yegorov, and the manager let it.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A new face in his position, and Milad Mohammadi suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Vitebsk have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Vitebsk have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Everything agreed with Dnepr Mogilev, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market1 Feb 2027
The phone has started ringing about Vladlen Anikeev again, and this time the name on the line is Slavia Mozyr. Vitebsk are listening politely and promising nothing.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arseniy Galushko, and the manager let it.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
A loan enquiry to Isloch: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Market1 Feb 2027
Everyone has stopped pretending: Slutsk will make the call about Brian Leroy Onana this week. Vitebsk have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Vitebsk will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Open for business: Vitebsk enter the window
The registration window is open and the phone has started. Between now and the deadline this club will be linked with forty players and sign three, which is the usual ratio.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vitebsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vitebsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout28 Dec 2026
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
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Uneasy
Match19 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Vitebsk
7 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 27. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Vitebsk
Radivoj Bosić 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
6 unbeaten for Vitebsk
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Vitebsk did not have in the autumn.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 7.89 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Vitebsk had the best player on the pitch.
Match19 Sep 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Neman leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Zakhar Chervyakov, and the manager let it.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Pavel Shikavka chose the glass-half-full version of 1‑1; the supporters left with the other one.