The Saburtalo Post
Market7 Sep 2026
Lasha Kashia asks to leave Saburtalo
“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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Saburtalo say no — this time
The offer from Sioni for Levan Kakabadze 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Ilia Beriashvili 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 Saburtalo this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match5 Sep 2026
Saburtalo come up short against Sioni
Sioni left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Mamuka Arveladze gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market7 Sep 2026
Still no ink between Saburtalo and Jhonny González
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Saburtalo, another week without a signature from Jhonny González.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Panagiotis Kyriakou lets one through his hands
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 86% of everything Saburtalo earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Mikhail Chugunov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
In brief
- Squad Ilia Beriashvili still has not settled
- Market The Ilia Beriashvili question follows Saburtalo around
- Player ratings A day to forget for Levan Kashia