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Marked for Macarrão

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The Dila Post

8 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad8 Feb 2027

A fracture rules Pedro Beda out for 30 days

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

Market8 Feb 2027

Not going: Giorgi Tsetskhladze stays at Dila

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Paralimni had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market8 Feb 2027

Tray Fuller is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dila is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Words at Dila training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Blankson Anoff 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 targets8 Feb 2027

Boca Juniors tell Dila: Joaquín Piñeyro 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.

Squad8 Feb 2027

Ali Abdurahmonov 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 Dila this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market8 Feb 2027

The Mohamed Kanté conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Bunyodkor will make the call about Mohamed Kanté this week. Dila have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

The dugout8 Feb 2027

No hiding place for Pedro Beda

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

The dugout8 Feb 2027

Zurab Museliani 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 Zurab Museliani is on it.

In brief

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27 Edition

The Dila Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad1 Feb 2027

Pedro Beda breaks a bone — 39 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 39 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

The terraces1 Feb 2027

Supporters organise against the Dila board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Market1 Feb 2027

Only the photograph left for Giorgi Jalaghonia

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Giorgi Jalaghonia will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Dila the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Boardroom1 Feb 2027

Deadline passes with 8 signed and 5 gone

That is the business done at Dila until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Market1 Feb 2027

Eyes on Mohamed Kanté again

The phone has started ringing about Mohamed Kanté again, and this time the name on the line is Bunyodkor. Dila are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets1 Feb 2027

No thanks: Malik Odeyinka rejects the move

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

Squad1 Feb 2027

A falling-out at Dila

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

Transfer targets1 Feb 2027

Dinamo Batumi tell Dila: Mamuka Kobakhidze 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.

Squad1 Feb 2027

Macarrão signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Macarrão and Dila agree another 3 years.

In brief