The AZAL Courier
Market31 May 2027
Achille Agostini asks to leave AZAL
“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.
Squad31 May 2027
Words at AZAL training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Agil Mammadov 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.
Squad31 May 2027
Richard Khalilzade signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Richard Khalilzade and AZAL agree another 3 years.
Squad31 May 2027
AZAL lose Revaz Tsitaishvili
41 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Maksim Medvedev
“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.
Market31 May 2027
Renat Abdullayev linked with a move away
The name of Renat Abdullayev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. AZAL say nothing, which says plenty.
In brief
- The dugout Renat Nadirov knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The manager comes out for Achille Agostini
- Squad Araz Jafarov back in training