Shahriyar Nazarov

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Khazar
20 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Shahriyar Nazarov

6 Edition

The Khazar Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Maksim Dadashov

20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Khazar lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Market

Qara Amirguliyev 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 Khazar can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

Window shuts: 7 in, 4 out at Khazar

The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 7 arrived, 4 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.

Market

Shahriyar Nazarov’s move to Gabala falls through

The deal that would have taken Shahriyar Nazarov to Gabala has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Khazar with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

Squad

Vüqar Mustafayev 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 Khazar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Sumgayit tell Khazar: Nadir Orucov 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.

Squad

Kamran Nazarov signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kamran Nazarov and Khazar agree another 3 years.

Squad

Xəyal Fərzullayev makes the team of the month

Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

Looking ahead

The leaders are next for Khazar

Qarabag top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

In brief

Back issues
5 Edition

The Khazar Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Maksim Dadashov damages knee ligaments — 28 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 28 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

Orkhan Ramazanov 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 Khazar can pretend not to have heard.

Boardroom

Khazar go back to the board over Jérémie Gnali

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $135.0K — a club that wants Jérémie Gnali enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets

Sunusi Ibrahim will not be coming to Khazar

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at APOEL is saying, and nobody at Khazar is enjoying the guessing.

Squad

Words exchanged at Khazar

Ruslan Ozobic 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.

Transfer targets

No deal for Jérémie Gnali at that price

Khazar offered $130.0K; Qarabag 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.

Transfer targets

Inter tell Khazar: Rahid Sadygov 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 dugout

The manager makes an example of Alberto Donati

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Inter take the points off Khazar

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief