The Rotor Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ilja Safronov beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 29. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Renato Nhaga rejects the move
Rotor had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Galatasaray, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Rotor
Irakly Manelov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
NK Krsko join the queue for Alexandr Khubulov
Add another name to the list: NK Krsko have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Alexandr Khubulov. The answer from Rotor has not changed — yet.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Rotor against SKA Khabarovsk
1‑3 to SKA Khabarovsk, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Arseny Aristov joins the Rotor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arseny Aristov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rotor promote Daniil Semak from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniil Semak 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bogdan Zabolotsky joins the Rotor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bogdan Zabolotsky is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Arseny Spiridonov answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- Squad The formation has left Nando behind
- Transfer targets A loan move for Vasilije Kostov is in the works
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Ilja Safronov