The Sumgayit Courier
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 16 in, 4 out at Sumgayit
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 16 arrived, 4 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market7 Sep 2026
So close: Nadir Orucov’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Imishli moved on, Nadir Orucov reports back to Sumgayit, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Sumgayit
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Aleksa Janković was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Shamakhi tell Sumgayit: Alphonce Msanga 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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Masaki Murata 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Khalil Sammani wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Sumgayit will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Khalil Sammani named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Khalil Sammani is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The armband comes off Roi Kehat
Sumgayit 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Sumgayit and Dener are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market The Roi Kehat question follows Sumgayit around
- The dugout Höccət Haqverdi knocks on the manager’s door
- Market The shop window has Ruslan Əliyev in it