The Sumgayit Courier
Market3 Feb 2031
Aftandil Arixov 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 The request is on a desk at Sumgayit, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match3 Feb 2031
Sumgayit are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 39 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Tempers go at Sumgayit
Ronaldo Vásquez 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.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Mihkel Ainsalu stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mihkel Ainsalu and Sumgayit agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Feb 2031
Mihkel Ainsalu 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.
Market3 Feb 2031
Ravan expected to open talks for Nadir Orucov
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Sumgayit will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
In brief
- Squad When it matters, Rüstəm Əhmədzadə plays
- Market The Masaki Murata question follows Sumgayit around
- Market Sumgayit put Mal Januzi up for sale