From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Nov 2027
Agustín Díaz 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 Tyumen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Ivan Chudin gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Nov 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Dinamo Moscow 2 will be the happier side with the point.
Market15 Nov 2027
The name of Alexandr Bem keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tyumen say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch15 Nov 2027
11 appearances away from home and 4 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Sergey Zuikov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tyumen, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Market18 Oct 2027
Agustín Díaz 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 Tyumen can pretend not to have heard.
Match16 Oct 2027
1-2 to Textilschik, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Alexandr Bem gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Market20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Sergey Zuikov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Tyumen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match18 Sep 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market20 Sep 2027
The name of Alexandr Bem keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tyumen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Khizri Khidiev knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tyumen, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match11 Sep 2027
Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Alexandr Bem
“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.
Boardroom13 Sep 2027
Tyumen are $6.3M 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.
Market13 Sep 2027
The name of Ansor Khabibov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tyumen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad13 Sep 2027
A new face in his position, and Ansor Khabibov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Tyumen have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad13 Sep 2027
At 37 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Tyumen are won quietly and lost loudly.
Market13 Sep 2027
The window shut and Daniil Kamlashev is still in the building
Tyumen spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
Market13 Sep 2027
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tyumen money.
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Steady
Match18 Aug 2027
Tyumen out of the cup
Kuban ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Match23 Aug 2027
Tyumen up to position 3
10 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market23 Aug 2027
“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 terraces23 Aug 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 24 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Match21 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Tyumen's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Tyumen has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Volgar to sit and watch. I want to come back to Tyumen and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Market23 Aug 2027
He is 18, and nobody at Tyumen signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Uneasy
Market26 Jul 2027
Artem Anoshin 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 Tyumen can pretend not to have heard.
Market26 Jul 2027
The bid was some way short and Tyumen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Ruslan Bolov gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match24 Jul 2027
Tyumen get the job done against Veles
A 1-0 win over Veles, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market26 Jul 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Tyumen will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Loan watch26 Jul 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Tyumen, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Market26 Jul 2027
The name of Alexandr Bem keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tyumen say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad26 Jul 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tyumen, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad26 Jul 2027
0 in 1. He is still getting into the positions, which is the half nobody can coach; the other half has deserted him.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexandr Bem commits to Tyumen for another 3 years.
Boardroom21 Jun 2027
Tyumen are $4.5M 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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Zambek Nakaev
“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.
Market21 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Tyumen know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The terraces21 Jun 2027
The stands have heard the Ruslan Bolov talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. Tyumen would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Market21 Jun 2027
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Tyumen money.
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Uneasy
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
236% of the income goes out in wages at Tyumen
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad14 Jun 2027
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Yaroslav Frolov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Daniil Kamlashev 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.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
Alexandr Bem gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match26 Sep 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Veles will be the happier side with the point.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Daniil Kamlashev 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.
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Crisis
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Tyumen have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match22 Aug 2026
Mashuk left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tyumen, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market24 Aug 2026
The name of Sergey Zuikov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tyumen say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitaly Shitov 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 Tyumen can pretend not to have heard.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kolomna come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Tyumen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexandr Bem gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match8 Aug 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yaroslav Frolov is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Tyumen has been clear about where Yaroslav Frolov stands, which is more than many ever get.