The Spartak Nalchik Herald
Market16 Oct 2028
Inaroko Tutov is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Spartak Nalchik is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
Alan Khachirov frozen out at Spartak Nalchik
This is not rotation. Alan Khachirov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Spartak Nalchik is pretending otherwise.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Words exchanged at Spartak Nalchik
Aslanbek Kumykov 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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Adam Boček 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.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Spartak Nalchik lose Andrey Sokolov
34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Oct 2028
Spartak Nalchik lose Timofey Shevtsov
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
No hiding place for Talgat Akhmetov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Talgat Akhmetov, and the manager let it.
Market16 Oct 2028
Still no ink between Spartak Nalchik and Talgat Akhmetov
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Spartak Nalchik, another week without a signature from Talgat Akhmetov.
The dugout16 Oct 2028
David Sarbashev knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Spartak Nalchik, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout The manager has not finished forgetting Ismail Zhaboev's mistake
- Market The Aslanbek Kumykov question follows Spartak Nalchik around
- Market Spartak Nalchik put David Sarbashev up for sale