Arsenal Tula U19

Russian First Division U19
22 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process
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The Arsenal Tula Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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 targets

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 targets

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.

Squad

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 targets

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.

Match

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.

Squad

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

Back issues
2 Edition

The Arsenal Tula Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

114 days out for Igor Gorbunov after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Arsenal Tula will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market

Arsenal Tula turn down Krasnodar for Kirill Bolshakov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

An offer of $1.5M for Tenton Yenne

Arsenal Tula have gone to Baltika with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Boardroom

Arsenal Tula go back to the board over Tenton Yenne

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.7M — a club that wants Tenton Yenne enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets

Péter Beke is a medical away from Arsenal Tula

The deal with Nyíregyháza 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Arsenal Tula

Mattéo Ahlinvi 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 targets

Arsenal Tula rebuffed over Mikhail Markin

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dinamo Minsk have kept their man, and Arsenal Tula go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

Arsenal Tula come up short against Shinnik

Shinnik left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

One of our own: Gennady Ragulin joins the Arsenal Tula first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Gennady Ragulin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief

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The Arsenal Tula Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Miloš Brnović signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Miloš Brnović commits to Arsenal Tula for another 4 years.

Squad

A falling-out at Arsenal Tula

Mattéo Ahlinvi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

Dinamo Brest tell Arsenal Tula: Yegor Kortsov 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.

Squad

Edarlyn Reyes falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Edarlyn Reyes 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.

Squad

100 appearances for Tigran Avanesyan

100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

Market

Talks stall between Arsenal Tula and Mattéo Ahlinvi

“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.

Market

Nobody at Arsenal Tula has picked up the phone to Miloš Brnović

49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.

Player ratings

Nikita Razdorskikh stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.65 on the card, and the Arsenal Tula support went home talking about one name.

In brief