The Gabala Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sambou Sissoko 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 Gabala this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
24 months and counting on Ismahil Akinade
Still no offer on the table, and Ismahil Akinade’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gabala buy the years ahead of Afran Mammadov
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gabala buy the years ahead of Rufat Sadygov
He is 14, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from Gabala on Ruslan Ismayilov
He is 14, and nobody at Gabala signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Gabala
6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
In brief
- Squad A wage question at Gabala
- Squad Somebody is after Ismahil Akinade’s shirt