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Russian Football Now Podcast: Looking Back at 2009

On this edition of the Russian Football Now podcast, hosts Christopher Riordan and Richard Farley take a brief tour of the latest news  surrounding Russian Football before sharing their memories of the year that was:  2009, in Russian Football. Along the way, they look forward to the next calendar year, talking about the clubs that [...]

More on Saturn Target Lamine Diarra

FK Partizan's Lamine Diarra, a Saturn target (Photo: Wikipedia)

Building on site savior Andrew Skomra’s note about FK Partizan forward, Saturn target Lamine Diarra, here are some factoids, observations, and judgments from my research.

Feel free to offer your own thoughts or corrections. One precautionary note: when I say something like “is not,” [...]

Spalletti Dreams in Azure, Saturn’s Partizan of Choice, and More Esteem for Ansaldi

The Moskva suburbs could be getting a little more exciting: FK Partizan's Lamine Diarra wanted by Saturn

The decade nears its final breath. But RFN pays no attention, nonchalantly plugging away at the spletnik task (real analysis to follow!). Moves continue to be made whilst most RFN players lounge upon beaches around the world. Aside [...]

Dinamo’s Virtual Scouting, Rubin’s Transfer Itch, and Some Turkish Traffic

The latest object of Dinamo Moskva's affection: Robert Lewandowski

Sarsania appears content with restricting his striker search to Eastern Europe, at least for now. Berdiýew appears not content with Spalletti having free reign over the Italian market, wanting to demonstrate that he too knows a thing or two about Serie A. And never-mind Fatih Tekke, [...]

Kuban Sees a Rescue in Petrescu

Better late than never: Dan Petrescu takes the reins at FK Kuban Krasnodar

It was going to take something special to exceed the surprise announcement last Saturday that Dan Petrescu was stepping down from his position as manager of Unirea Urziceni (Romania).

But on Tuesday, after several days of Legend rumors, it was announced that the [...]