Akmal Tukhtasinov

Central Midfielder - Shortan
1 Oct 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Akmal Tukhtasinov

107 Edition

The Shortan Chronicle

14 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Shohruh Eshbo'tayev 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 Shortan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Shortan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Abrorbek Toshqo'ziev 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 watch

Shohjahon Abdumannonov counts the days

“I watch every Shortan game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at AGMK runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Jasurbek Hakimov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Shortan come up short against Neftchi

Neftchi left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

Fazliddin Karamatov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Fazliddin Karamatov and Shortan agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

A long bet from Shortan on Akmal Tukhtasinov

He is 20, and nobody at Shortan signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Player ratings

Islom Kenjaboyev could not find anything

5.29. Every footballer has these and most of them happen away from a full ground; his did not, and he will be aware of that all week.

Market

The Doniyor Narzullayev story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Doniyor Narzullayev signs something — a contract at Shortan or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

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The Obod Sentinel

17 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Doniyor Ismailov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Obod, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Abbey Benson 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 Obod this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Obod training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Youssef El Omari 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.

Squad

A promise honoured for Dostonbek Akhmedov

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Obod told Dostonbek Akhmedov something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Squad

When it matters, Doniyor Akhmedov plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

The Islom Suyunov question follows Obod around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Islom Suyunov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief