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2010 Club Preview: FK Krylia Sovetov Samara

It has been well-documented that Krylia Sovetov Samara has been fighting for their very survival this off-season. Such a desperate existential mentality will unfortunately be carried onto the pitch. The last minute decree of Vladimir Putin prevented Krylia from succumbing to the same fate as FK Moskva but with the season set to commence in [...]

Unpaid Krylia Players Threaten to Strike

Coach Yury Gazzaev's financial worries continue at Krylia

A whirlwind of monetary chaos continues to sweep over Krylia Sovetov Samara.

Amidst so much uncertainty, one thing is certain: a team’s players going on strike is surely not a good way to start off a season.

Rumors are circulating on Monday that an undisclosed number of Krylia Sovetov [...]

Another Krasic Rumor, the RPL’s Bulgarian Scavenging, and Ivanov Linked with Rostov

New rumor links Milos Krasic with Liverpool

–Reports out of Belgrade have claimed that CSKA Moskva midfielder Milos Krasic has made an informal agreement to join Liverpool FC in the summer.

The 25-year-old Serbian international, according to Sportski Zurnal, will join the Merseyside club this summer after the World Cup finals.

While no confirmation of the story [...]

Love’s Braids Turn Red, Rubin Return to Pereyra, and Kim Dong-Jin May Not Have Left

–Fool me once . . .

Rubin can't shake the thought of Mauricio Pereyra

More unsubstantiaed rumors coming out of Italy!

Naciónal (Uruguay) midfielder Mauricio Pereyra hasn’t been forgotten by Rubin Kazan.

The 5ft. 8in. 19-year-old was on the minds of Rubin officials last summer after witnessing him in the Copa [...]

Kornilenko Chilling at Upton Park, Levski’s Joãozinho Eyed by the Citizens, and More

Denis Boyarintsev to stay near Moskva

Yesterday we briefly chronicled Spartak Moskva’s favorite bald midfielder, Denis Boyarintsev, being eyed by FK Moskva.

It is the 31-year-old’s desire to stay near Moskva that now has FK Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast a-calling, according to Sport-Express.

Boyarintsev has effectively been made a free agent by Spartak, obliging [...]