The Akzhaiyk Sentinel
Squad14 Sep 2026
The knee: Abzal Postnikov out for 20 days
20 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Akzhaiyk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market14 Sep 2026
Islambek Postnikov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Akzhaiyk can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 2 in, 0 out at Akzhaiyk
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 2 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Market14 Sep 2026
Akzhaiyk say no — this time
The offer from Atyrau for Serikzhan Akhmetov 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Roman Yemeljanov 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Akzhaiyk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Samat Postnikov 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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Akzhaiyk try to borrow Älisher Süleimen
Taraz have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Talgat Shomko story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Talgat Shomko signs something — a contract at Akzhaiyk or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market14 Sep 2026
The market said no: Baurzhan Kuat stays put
Akzhaiyk opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Baurzhan Kuat stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.
In brief
- Squad Samat Postnikov is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout The manager comes out for Rinat Orazov