The Turan Tovuz Gazette
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Turan Tovuz
Fərid Yusifli 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.
The dugout31 May 2027
Rəhim Sadıxov gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Rəhim Sadıxov is on it.
Market31 May 2027
The Roberto Olabe talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Turan Tovuz know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout31 May 2027
Diogo Cardoso 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 Turan Tovuz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager makes Nasko Milev a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Turan Tovuz. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Market31 May 2027
Tural Bayramlı placed on the list
Turan Tovuz have made Tural Bayramlı available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad31 May 2027
Lessons booked for Oleg Baklov at Turan Tovuz
Nobody writes a headline about a tutor. Nobody has to be told, either, what happens to a signing who spends two years being the man nobody can talk to at lunch.
Squad31 May 2027
Gharib is the talk of the training ground
Sharpest man there all week, by every account. It is the quietest line on this page and it usually runs the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
The dugout31 May 2027
The manager plants his flag on Gharib
“Judge me on him.” Managers do not say that kind of thing by accident — it moves the pressure from Gharib’s shoulders onto his own, and both of them know it.
In brief
- Squad Welcome back, Shahriyar Medvedev
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Veysəl Rzayev