Islambek Postnikov

Central Defender - Akzhaiyk
21 Sep 2026
Monday
Process

Marked for Islambek Postnikov

7 Edition

The Akzhaiyk Sentinel

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

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.

Market

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.

Boardroom

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.

Market

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.

Squad

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.

Squad

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 targets

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.

Market

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.

Market

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

Back issues
2 Edition

The Akzhaiyk Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Islambek Postnikov asks to leave Akzhaiyk

“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.

Market

Akzhaiyk turn down Atyrau for Azat Suyumbayev

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Ädilkhan Taňzharyqov due for a Akzhaiyk medical

Everything agreed with Aktobe, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

Erbol Murtazaev signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Erbol Murtazaev commits to Akzhaiyk for another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Akzhaiyk

Serikzhan Akhmetov 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.

Squad

Words at Akzhaiyk training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roman Yemeljanov 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.

Market

Talgat Shomko attracts admirers

The name of Talgat Shomko has come up in conversations Akzhaiyk were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

The dugout

No hiding place for Azat Shomko

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

The dugout

Erbol Murtazaev 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 Akzhaiyk, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief