Eldorbek Begimov

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1 Jul 2029
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Process

Marked for Eldorbek Begimov

149 Edition

The AGMK Courier

4 Jun 2029
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A fracture rules Asadbek Sobirjonov out for 14 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AGMK will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AGMK, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

AGMK make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now AGMK have 4 straight wins of it.

Squad

Giorgi Papava in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AGMK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match

AGMK keep winning on the road

4 away wins in a row. Travelling support is the truest kind, and this season it is being repaid in the only currency that counts.

Squad

Words at AGMK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets

Zeleznicar Pancevo tell AGMK: Vukašin Jovanović is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match

Aziz Xolmurodov sends AGMK past Metallurg

It finished 2‑1, and it was Aziz Xolmurodov’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to AGMK.

Squad

Javohir Ilyosov makes it 200

200 times in these colours, in all weathers and under four or five different managers. That kind of service is quietly disappearing from the game.

In brief

Back issues
140 Edition

The AGMK Courier

2 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A fracture rules Asadbek Sobirjonov out for 81 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AGMK will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Asadbek Sobirjonov in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AGMK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at AGMK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market

No place for Eldorbek Begimov in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Eldorbek Begimov has his answer from AGMK; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

The dugout

No hiding place for Eldorbek Begimov

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Eldorbek Begimov, and the manager let it.

The dugout

Javohir Ilyosov has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AGMK will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad

Javohir Ilyosov moves up the pecking order

Nothing is announced when this happens and everybody knows. He is a bigger part of the plan at AGMK than he was a month ago, and the training ground worked that out before the team sheet said so.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Asadbek Sobirjonov

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Kokand 1912 in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

The dugout

Saidavzalxon Ahrorov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AGMK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

139 Edition

The AGMK Courier

26 Mar 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

89 days out for Asadbek Sobirjonov after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. AGMK will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Match

A 2-goal lead gone for AGMK

It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Lokomotiv kept coming because nothing stopped them, and AGMK will be asked about the last half hour all week.

The dugout

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev frozen out at AGMK

This is not rotation. Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at AGMK is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Tempers go at AGMK

Asadbek Sobirjonov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

100 appearances for Eldorbek Begimov

100 games in these colours. Service of that kind gets rarer every season, and the crowd knows it.

The dugout

Javohir Ilyosov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

AGMK and Lokomotiv take a point apiece

It finished 2‑2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

The dugout

Siavash Haghnazari has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AGMK will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

In brief

132 Edition

The AGMK Courier

5 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Asadbek Sobirjonov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AGMK can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

AGMK close the window on a squad of their own making

1 in and 6 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Transfer targets

No thanks: Samandar Muratboyev rejects the move

AGMK had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Nasaf, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Transfer targets

Too dear: AGMK walk away from Stipe Perica

$29.0K was the most the club would pay and Neftchi were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Botirali Ergashev

AGMK asked and Pakhtakor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siavash Haghnazari was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Tempers go at AGMK

Eldorbek Begimov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Deadline beats AGMK to Nurbek Sarsenbaev

The clock did what Neftchi would not, and ended it. Supporters who watched the countdown will spend the next window doing it again.

Squad

Robson Júnior is not the player he was

It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 35 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.

In brief

130 Edition

The AGMK Courier

22 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AGMK, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Words exchanged at AGMK

Asadbek Sobirjonov 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.

Transfer targets

No deal for Nurbek Sarsenbaev at that price

AGMK offered $100.0K; Neftchi said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

A loan move for Jan Buryán is in the works

AGMK have made the call to Artis Brno. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout

Aziz Xolmurodov gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Aziz Xolmurodov is on it.

The dugout

Eldorbek Begimov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov signs something — a contract at AGMK or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad

Asadbek Sobirjonov has settled at AGMK

The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.

In brief

122 Edition

The AGMK Courier

27 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Giorgi Papava in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AGMK this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

A muscle injury sidelines Eldorbek Begimov for 14 days

Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. AGMK will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.

Boardroom

Wages swallow 105% of the AGMK income

Every club pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time it has been tried.

Squad

5 new faces, and AGMK are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout

Aziz Xolmurodov has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AGMK will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Mahmud Jo'raboyev knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Mahmud Jo'raboyev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov signs something — a contract at AGMK or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

The dugout

A door opens for Po'latxo'ja Xoldorxonov

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

In brief

120 Edition

The AGMK Courier

13 Nov 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words exchanged at AGMK

Giorgi Papava 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.

Squad

Words at AGMK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Nikola Trujić is slowing down

At 36, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

Squad

Ivan Rogač wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and AGMK know it.

The dugout

Giorgi Papava has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AGMK will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Guram Goshteliani gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

Siavash Haghnazari linked with a move away

The name of Siavash Haghnazari keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AGMK say nothing, which says plenty.

Match

Continental football is in reach for AGMK

51 points from position 6. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.

Market

Hamidullo Abdunabiyev placed on the list

AGMK have made Hamidullo Abdunabiyev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

116 Edition

The AGMK Courier

16 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Words at AGMK training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad

Tempers go at AGMK

Eldorbek Begimov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The dugout

Giorgi Papava gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Giorgi Papava is on it.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Guram Goshteliani

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

Javohir Ilyosov knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Javohir Ilyosov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

Siavash Haghnazari linked with a move away

The name of Siavash Haghnazari keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AGMK say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Hamidullo Abdunabiyev wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and AGMK have no good answer.

Match

AGMK have something to play for

Position 6 on 51 points, and the places that carry a European ticket are close enough to count. Seasons like this are decided by two results in April, and the club knows which two.

Market

The shop window has Hamidullo Abdunabiyev in it

AGMK have let the market know Hamidullo Abdunabiyev can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

96 Edition

The AGMK Courier

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

A fracture rules Javohir Ilyosov out for 81 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason AGMK will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Siavash Haghnazari falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Match

AGMK see off Mashal

Three points for AGMK, 1‑0 the final word against Mashal in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad

Words exchanged at AGMK

Janko Rakonjac 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.

Player ratings

Aziz Xolmurodov stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.89 on the card, and the AGMK support went home talking about one name.

The dugout

Odil Komilov has his say

“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Odil Komilov on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

The dugout

Uroš Kojić gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Uroš Kojić is on it.

Player ratings

Nodirbek Abdurazzoqov beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 14. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout

Aziz Xolmurodov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AGMK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

88 Edition

The AGMK Courier

3 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Hamidullo Abdunabiyev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what AGMK can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout

Rian Islomov says AGMK went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Tempers go at AGMK

Giorgi Papava was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Ahmadullo Muqumjonov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ahmadullo Muqumjonov and AGMK agree another 4 years.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siavash Haghnazari was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

AGMK come up short against Lokomotiv

Lokomotiv left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Market

Still no ink between AGMK and Aziz Xolmurodov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at AGMK, another week without a signature from Aziz Xolmurodov.

The dugout

Odil Komilov answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

In brief

83 Edition

The AGMK Courier

28 Feb 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

The knee: Mardonbek Rahmatjonov out for 17 days

17 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. AGMK lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market

Bekjon Rahmatov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AGMK, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at AGMK

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

Janko Rakonjac wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at AGMK can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

The dugout

When it matters, Javohir Ilyosov plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout

Sherzodjon Komilov is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

Squad

Hamidullo Abdunabiyev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

The Avazbek O'lmasaliyev talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AGMK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

78 Edition

The AGMK Courier

24 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev asks to leave AGMK

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets

No deal for Matija Krivokapić at that price

AGMK offered $1.4M; Bunyodkor said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Market

Eyes on Asadbek Sobirjonov again

The phone has started ringing about Asadbek Sobirjonov again, and this time the name on the line is Obod. AGMK are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

A falling-out at AGMK

Giorgi Papava and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siavash Haghnazari was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

AGMK ask about Mirkomil Murodov

A loan enquiry to Bunyodkor: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

The dugout

Asadbek Sobirjonov is still paying for one afternoon at AGMK

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout

Giorgi Papava has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at AGMK will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Aziz Xolmurodov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AGMK, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

70 Edition

The AGMK Courier

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev asks to leave AGMK

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Siavash Haghnazari falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

Eldorbek Begimov comes back from a loan that worked

28 appearances and 0 goals away from here, and a player the manager did not have in August. Loans are sent out hoping for exactly this and most of them do not deliver it.

Squad

Tempers go at AGMK

Muhammadsafo Fozilov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

AGMK are still strangers to each other

5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

The dugout

Asadbek Sobirjonov is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

The dugout

Giorgi Papava gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Giorgi Papava is on it.

Market

The Aziz Xolmurodov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AGMK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

The shop window has Uroš Kojić in it

AGMK have let the market know Uroš Kojić can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

66 Edition

The AGMK Courier

1 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Words exchanged at AGMK

Giorgi Papava 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.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siavash Haghnazari was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Mardonbek Rahmatjonov out for 28 days

The medical room confirms 28 days on the sidelines for Mardonbek Rahmatjonov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout

Asadbek Sobirjonov is still paying for one afternoon at AGMK

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

The dugout

When it matters, Giorgi Papava plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Squad

The armband comes off Giorgi Papava

AGMK will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

The dugout

Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Abubakr-Rizo Turdialiyev trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

The Aziz Xolmurodov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AGMK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

The shop window has Uroš Kojić in it

AGMK have let the market know Uroš Kojić can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

65 Edition

The AGMK Courier

25 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at AGMK

Giorgi Papava and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

A row about effort at AGMK

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Behruzbek Asqarov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Janko Rakonjac wants to go home

“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at AGMK can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.

The dugout

A promise honoured at AGMK

Something was said to Saidavzalxon Ahrorov and then it happened. In this industry that passes for remarkable, and the dressing room noticed faster than any supporter could.

The dugout

Siavash Haghnazari gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Siavash Haghnazari is on it.

The dugout

Aziz Xolmurodov knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Aziz Xolmurodov trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

The dugout

Branko Nikolić gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market

The Siavash Haghnazari talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. AGMK know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market

Arihiro Sentoku placed on the list

AGMK have made Arihiro Sentoku available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief

63 Edition

The AGMK Courier

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Siavash Haghnazari falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

Words exchanged at AGMK

Muhammadsafo Fozilov 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.

The dugout

Uroš Kojić gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Uroš Kojić is on it.

Looking ahead

A reunion for Muhammadsafo Fozilov

He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Sogdiana in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.

Market

The Uroš Kojić story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Uroš Kojić signs something — a contract at AGMK or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market

The shop window has Avazbek O'lmasaliyev in it

AGMK have let the market know Avazbek O'lmasaliyev can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

Loan watch

Eldorbek Begimov first choice at Metallurg

27 starts and a season average of 6.80. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.

Squad

Branko Nikolić wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and AGMK will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

Squad

Hamidullo Abdunabiyev wants to know why he earns less

Numbers do not stay secret in a dressing room. He is not asking for more than he is worth; he is asking why somebody beside him is worth more, and AGMK have no good answer.

In brief