The Irtysh Herald
Market8 Mar 2027
Abzal Murtazaev asks to leave Irtysh
“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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Irtysh
Yeldos Abiken 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.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Yeldos Abiken runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Graduation day at Irtysh
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Saleh Al-Qumayzi signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Saleh Al-Qumayzi and Irtysh agree another 2 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Irtysh training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Aibol Orazov 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Irtysh promote Abzal Murtazaev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Abzal Murtazaev has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
Askhat Islamkhan steps up from the Irtysh academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Askhat Islamkhan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Talgat Beysebekov joins the Irtysh first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Talgat Beysebekov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Rinat Akhmetov
- Boardroom Irtysh turn down the training-ground plan
- Match Point won or two lost for Irtysh?