The Saburtalo Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Fatih Akgun
Saburtalo asked and Tskhinvali said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Giorgi Kvilitaia rejects the move
Saburtalo had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Tskhinvali, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Saburtalo
Jemal Tabidze and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Kolkheti take the points off Saburtalo
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Saburtalo
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Dida was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Giorgi Kutsia
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saburtalo promote Khvicha Kobiashvili from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Khvicha Kobiashvili has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saburtalo promote Vakhtang Mchedlidze from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vakhtang Mchedlidze has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saburtalo promote Vakhtang Kvaratskhelia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vakhtang Kvaratskhelia has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Saburtalo promote Irakli Kobiashvili from within
- Player ratings Ibrahim Alhassan was on a different afternoon to everybody else
- Squad Diego Jussani is a square peg at Saburtalo