Oleksandr Abramchuk

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Torpedo Kutaisi
29 Aug 2032
Sunday
Process

Marked for Oleksandr Abramchuk

286 Edition

The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier

19 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Felipe Pires damages knee ligaments — 116 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 116 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Vakhtang Shengelia asks to leave Torpedo Kutaisi

“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

Nodar Lominadze 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 Torpedo Kutaisi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Eyes on Glib Katkov again

The phone has started ringing about Glib Katkov again, and this time the name on the line is Shukura. Torpedo Kutaisi are listening politely and promising nothing.

Market

The Ignacio Riera conversation is coming

Everyone has stopped pretending: Shukura will make the call about Ignacio Riera this week. Torpedo Kutaisi have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.

Squad

Stanislav Basyrov 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.

In brief

Back issues
285 Edition

The Torpedo Kutaisi Courier

12 Jan 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Felipe Pires damages knee ligaments — 123 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 123 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Market

Torpedo Kutaisi say no — this time

The offer from Guria for Anton Tolordava was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Héctor Campos 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 The request is on a desk at Torpedo Kutaisi, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Torpedo Kutaisi

Nodar Lominadze 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

Oleksandr Abramchuk gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Oleksandr Abramchuk has just signed for Torpedo Kutaisi, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Giorgi Kokhreidze 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.

In brief