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Monday
Process
72 Edition

The Sogdiana Post

13 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Zoir Jo'raboyev: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Islomjon Qobilov out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Islomjon Qobilov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Fazliddin Zuhriddinov

“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.

In brief

Back issues
70 Edition

The Sogdiana Post

29 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Zakaria Sami says Sogdiana went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Nikola Mirković out for 14 days

The medical room confirms 14 days on the sidelines for Nikola Mirković, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Boardroom

Wages eat 101% of everything Sogdiana earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Boardroom

The numbers do not look good at Sogdiana

Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.

Squad

Otabek Ahadov 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Islomjon Qobilov linked with a move away

The name of Islomjon Qobilov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sogdiana say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief