The Bukhara Gazette
Market1 Mar 2027
Only the photograph left for Asilbek Qayumov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Asilbek Qayumov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Bukhara the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Words exchanged at Bukhara
Vladimir Rodić and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Sardor Qulmatov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Veljko Filipović
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Veljko Filipović, and the manager let it.
Looking ahead1 Mar 2027
A reunion for Temur Mamasiddiqov
He used to wear the other shirt. On Saturday he plays against Shortan in this one, and whatever he says this week about it being just another game will be untrue.
The dugout1 Mar 2027
A door opens for Asilbek Qayumov
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Bukhara
- The dugout The manager comes out for Asadbek Jo'raboyev
- Squad Asadbek Jo'raboyev is put on a programme of his own
- Squad Islom Mirzaev is out on the grass again