The Akzhaiyk Sentinel
Market22 Feb 2027
Ruslan Gorshkov sold, and an era ends
$920.0K from Kairat for Ruslan Gorshkov. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market22 Feb 2027
Gafurzhan Tagybergen turns Taraz down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
The terraces22 Feb 2027
Akzhaiyk sell a favourite for $920.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Ruslan Gorshkov was one of the reasons people came, and $920.0K does not replace that by itself.
Market22 Feb 2027
Akzhaiyk turn down Zhetysu for Serikzhan Abiken
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Oleksii Plichko 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 Akzhaiyk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Victor Chuvilov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- The dugout Victor Chuvilov asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Oleksii Plichko remains an outsider
- Market Islambek Baizhanov placed on the list
- Squad The transfer that hurt Erbol Murtazaev most