The Samtredia Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
A move Patrick Carvalho would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Patrick Carvalho is living that version at Samtredia, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Giorgi Mchedlishvili stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giorgi Mchedlishvili and Samtredia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
As if he never left: Dito Pachulia returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Dito Pachulia is a Samtredia player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Samtredia
Tamaz Makatsaria 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Sioni join the queue for Tsotne Chikovani
Add another name to the list: Sioni have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Tsotne Chikovani. The answer from Samtredia has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Samtredia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eric Barrios was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market Still no ink between Samtredia and Giorgi Mchedlishvili
- Market Nobody at Samtredia has picked up the phone to Eric Barrios