Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stanislav Bessmertny and Dinamo Moscow agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. CFR Cluj know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Moscow, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. CFR Cluj know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at CFR Cluj has been clear about where Denis Crişan stands, which is more than many ever get.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at CFR Cluj, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Moscow can pretend not to have heard.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
“I did not go to Pari Nizhniy Novgorod to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dinamo Moscow and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dinamo Moscow have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Ivan Sergeev will call it something else in private.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. CFR Cluj have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
“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 Dinamo Moscow, and 6 appearances in 19 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. André Moreira knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at CFR Cluj pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
A 1-0 win over De Graafschap, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Tidiane Keita will call it something else in private.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“Another season, another badge, another dressing room to win over. I would like one pre-season at Dinamo Moscow where somebody actually looks at me.” He belongs to CFR Cluj until the spell ends; the argument is with the club that owns him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Yaroslav Gladyshev has let it be known that he does not like the way Dinamo Moscow are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Moscow, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dinamo Moscow have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“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 Dinamo Moscow, and 0 appearances in 14 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at CFR Cluj, and both men came out saying it was fine.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. CFR Cluj have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Universitatea Craiova defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at CFR Cluj, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” CFR Cluj have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. CFR Cluj know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Mohammed Kamara has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. CFR Cluj know, and have known for weeks.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Baqtiiar Zainutdinov leaves Dinamo Moscow the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” CFR Cluj have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what CFR Cluj can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Moscow can pretend not to have heard.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Moscow, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Moscow can pretend not to have heard.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“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 Dinamo Moscow, and 1 appearances in 12 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dinamo Moscow have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Moscow can pretend not to have heard.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — El Mehdi Maouhoub has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Dinamo Moscow know, and have known for weeks.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Bitello
151% of the income goes out in wages at Dinamo Moscow
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.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Moscow, and both men came out saying it was fine.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Moscow, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Moscow know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Dinamo Moscow hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrey Kudravets and Dinamo Moscow agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Dinamo Moscow know, and have known for weeks.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
The name of David Ricardo has come up in conversations Dinamo Moscow were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Bitello has let it be known that he does not like the way Dinamo Moscow are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
At 26 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Dinamo Moscow have a decision that made itself.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Ulvi Babaev has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Dinamo Moscow know, and have known for weeks.
Dinamo Moscow spent the window trying to move Baqtiiar Zainutdinov on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Dinamo Moscow have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Dinamo Moscow have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
The name of Ulvi Babaev has come up in conversations Dinamo Moscow were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.