The Bunyodkor Post
Market1 Apr 2030
James Valencia hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Bunyodkor can pretend not to have heard.
Match30 Mar 2030
The run at home goes on for Bunyodkor
11 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Tempers go at Bunyodkor
Shohboz Umarov 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.
Squad1 Apr 2030
Bakary Nimaga 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.
Match30 Mar 2030
Bunyodkor see off Qizilqum
Three points for Bunyodkor, 1‑0 the final word against Qizilqum in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Player ratings1 Apr 2030
Nobody could get near Abrorbek Ismoilov
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings1 Apr 2030
Samandarjon Mavlonqulov was the difference for Bunyodkor
Marked 7.90. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
Boardroom1 Apr 2030
88% of the income goes out in wages at Bunyodkor
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market1 Apr 2030
Bunyodkor buy the years ahead of Sardor Tukhtasinov
He is 16, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market Bunyodkor buy the years ahead of Amir Ismailov
- Market Bunyodkor buy the years ahead of Abdulla Hasanov
- Squad When it matters, Shohboz Umarov plays