The Irtysh Herald
Squad6 Sep 2027
Tempers go at Irtysh
Erkin Tapalov 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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Abzal Abiken signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Abzal Abiken and Irtysh agree another 2 years.
Squad6 Sep 2027
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yerkebulan Zainutdinov 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.
Loan watch6 Sep 2027
Askhat Akhmetov has seen enough of Akzhaiyk
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Irtysh, and 13 appearances in 31 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad6 Sep 2027
5 new faces, and Irtysh are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Market6 Sep 2027
Irtysh put Timur Logvinenko up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Timur Logvinenko may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Market Erbol Postnikov leaves for nothing
- Market Baktiyor Islamkhan leaves for nothing