The Khazar Gazette
Squad15 Feb 2027
The knee: Rahid Jafarov out for 36 days
36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Khazar lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad15 Feb 2027
29 days out for Kamran Abdullayev after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Khazar will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market15 Feb 2027
Khazar say no — this time
The offer from Irtysh for Ruslan Garayev 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A falling-out at Khazar
Shahriyar Ozobic and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad15 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Khazar
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bədavi Hüseynov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
Qarabag tell Khazar: Renaldo Cephas 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.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
Araz Nadirov has seen enough of Sumgayit
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Khazar, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Mahir Amirguliyev
“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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
Emin Jafarov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Khazar, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Market Jérémie Gnali linked with a move away
- Market The window shut and Araz Jafarov is still in the building
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Bədavi Hüseynov