The Merani Sentinel
Market6 Sep 2027
Giorgi Gvasalia asks to leave Merani
“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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
Deadline passes with 16 signed and 17 gone
That is the business done at Merani until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Home is on Lucas Black'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; Merani are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Merani
Niklas Determann 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.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
No deal for Mauro Ajuruteua at that price
Merani offered $700.00; Rustavi said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
$12.8K from the owner keeps Merani afloat
The gap in the accounts was filled from upstairs again. Supporters are entitled to be grateful and to ask what happens the month it is not, and both feelings arrive together.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Words at Merani training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. David Mindombe 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.
Transfer targets6 Sep 2027
Gareji Sagarejo tell Merani: Beka Gugberidze 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.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
209% of the income goes out in wages at Merani
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
In brief
- Squad A step back for Javohir Esonqulov at Merani
- Market Talks stall between Merani and Niklas Determann
- Market Merani sign Kirill Timofeev, one for the future