The Arsenal Tula Herald
Squad17 Aug 2026
Igor Gorbunov breaks a bone — 105 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 105 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market17 Aug 2026
Bunyodkor come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Arsenal Tula did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A one-man rearguard from Mikhail Levashov
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Tenton Yenne at that price
Arsenal Tula offered $1.5M; Baltika said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Péter Beke turns down Arsenal Tula
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Nyíregyháza keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Arsenal Tula
Roman Izotov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Rostov tell Arsenal Tula: Ilja Zhbanov is not for sale
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.
Match15 Aug 2026
Miloš Brnović the difference as Arsenal Tula beat Torpedo Moscow
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Miloš Brnović. 2‑1 against Torpedo Moscow, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Arsenal Tula
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Erving Botaka-Yoboma was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Player ratings Miloš Brnović in the eights
- The dugout Arseny Ermakov: “That is the standard”
- Market No place for Nikita Karmaev in the plan