On 12 January, Arsenal Tula signed a loan agreement with Rubin Kazan midfielder Igor Konovalov. The temporary deal with Arsenal runs until the end of the 2020/21 season.

The 24-year-old is a graduate of Spartak Moscow. Over the past four seasons, Konovalov has successfully played for Rubin, having made his Russian Premier Liga debut for Kuban Krasnodar as a teenager. The young midfielder has racked up more than 70 matches and has scored two goals in the RPL.