Farruh Agayev

Central Midfielder - Metallurg
17 Sep 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Farruh Agayev

97 Edition

The Metallurg Herald

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings

Ibrohim G'anixonov scores twice — 8.61

Two goals and a mark of 8.61 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Azizbek Ergashaliyev 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 Metallurg can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets

Asadbek Sobirjonov is a medical away from Metallurg

The deal with AGMK is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

Real improvement from Hugo Feliks Väljamäe at Metallurg

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Hugo Feliks Väljamäe is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad

A falling-out at Metallurg

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

Match

AGMK take the points off Metallurg

Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout

Shaxzod Shaymanov frozen out at Metallurg

This is not rotation. Shaxzod Shaymanov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Metallurg is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Words at Metallurg training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Golubović 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.

The dugout

No hiding place for Dilshod Murtazoyev

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

In brief

Back issues
96 Edition

The Metallurg Herald

29 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Shohruhbek Yoqubjonov 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 Metallurg can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Shahriyor Jabborov 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 Metallurg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Farruh Agayev gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Farruh Agayev has just signed for Metallurg, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad

Words at Metallurg training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stefan Golubović 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.

Match

Metallurg get the job done against Bunyodkor

A 1‑0 win over Bunyodkor, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout

Azimjon Ahmedov 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.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Ibrohim G'anixonov

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Metallurg told Ibrohim G'anixonov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Player ratings

Ibrohim G'anixonov was the difference for Metallurg

Marked 7.61. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout

Mirzo Mirzaev 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.” Mirzo Mirzaev on a 1‑0 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.

In brief