The Samtredia Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Giorgi Mchedlishvili stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Giorgi Mchedlishvili and Samtredia agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Samtredia
Tamaz Makatsaria and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Samtredia
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Eric Barrios was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Home is on Ruben Gauto's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Samtredia are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Samtredia and Giorgi Mchedlishvili
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Samtredia, another week without a signature from Giorgi Mchedlishvili.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at Samtredia has picked up the phone to Eric Barrios
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Market Elguja Grigalashvili brings the grey hairs Samtredia lacked
- Market Asad Asadov placed on the list