Dimitrij Ismayilov

Central Midfielder - Inter
29 Aug 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Dimitrij Ismayilov

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The Inter Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Inter say no — this time

The offer from AGMK for Maksim Sadygov 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.

Market

Ruslan Nazarov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Inter, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market

Dimitrij Ismayilov attracts admirers

The name of Dimitrij Ismayilov has come up in conversations Inter were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Transfer targets

An offer of $180.0K for Prince Owusu

Inter have gone to Gabala with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Squad

Tempers go at Inter

Afran Bayramov 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 targets

Zira tell Inter: Namiq Ələsgərov 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

No hiding place for Maksim Sadygov

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

Squad

Anatoliy Nuriyev has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Inter know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Squad

Inter are still strangers to each other

5 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.

In brief

  • The dugout The form table has caught Ayaz Guliev
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • Looking ahead A test against the best for Inter
Back issues
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The Inter Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Khazar come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Inter did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets

Inter bid $1.8M for Afran Huseynov

The offer went to Khazar this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market

Kamran Dadashov attracts admirers

The name of Kamran Dadashov has come up in conversations Inter were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Mahir Ismayilov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Mahir Ismayilov and Inter agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Words exchanged at Inter

Afran Bayramov 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

Inter rebuffed over Arayik Eloyan

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ararat-Armenia have kept their man, and Inter go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

No hiding place for Renat Guseynov

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

The dugout

Mahir Ismayilov asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Words at Inter training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Qara Nazarov 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.

In brief