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The Druzhba Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom

Druzhba go back to the board over Roman Denisov

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $156.8K — a club that wants Roman Denisov enough to be asked twice.

Squad

Narek Ghasumyan signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Narek Ghasumyan and Druzhba agree another 2 years.

Transfer targets

Druzhba make their move for Roman Denisov

$140.0K on the table at KDV Tomsk. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Words exchanged at Druzhba

Tamerlan Khachirov 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

Too dear: Druzhba walk away from Maxim Abakumov

$8.0K was the most the club would pay and Tyumen were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Pavel Kuznetsov

Druzhba asked and Shinnik said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

The terraces

The crowd has taken to Zaid Koblev

At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

Match

Druzhba see off Sochi 2

Three points for Druzhba, 2‑0 the final word against Sochi 2 in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Market

Druzhba promote Viktor Osipov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Viktor Osipov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief

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The Druzhba Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Asker Delok: 11 seasons and counting

247 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Druzhba know exactly what they have.

Squad

Kirill Yushko stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Kirill Yushko and Druzhba agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Transfer targets

An offer of $13.0K for Sergey Oliynyk

Druzhba have gone to Dinamo Vologda 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.

Squad

Tempers go at Druzhba

Eddi Tsanava 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

Door shut on Danila Molodnyakov

Druzhba asked and Irkutsk said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Words at Druzhba training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tamerlan Khachirov is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match

Rubin Yalta snatch it back from Druzhba

A goal on 92 minutes turned three points into one and a good afternoon into an argument about game management that will run until Saturday.

Market

Still no ink between Druzhba and Victor Chuvilov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Druzhba, another week without a signature from Victor Chuvilov.

Market

49 months and counting on Kirill Yushko

Still no offer on the table, and Kirill Yushko’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief