The Taraz Herald
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
Nemanja Trifunović will not be coming to Taraz
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Partizan is saying, and nobody at Taraz is enjoying the guessing.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Taraz
Nikita Saltykov 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Vladislav Vasiljev is a Taraz player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Player ratings8 Mar 2027
Nikita Saltykov was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets8 Mar 2027
Taraz baulk at the price for Bağdat Qaiyrov
Aktobe wanted more than $77.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Taraz
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Bauyrzhan Baitana signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Bauyrzhan Baitana and Taraz agree another 2 years.
Market8 Mar 2027
Taraz promote Timur Taykenov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timur Taykenov 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
Taraz promote Gafurzhan Nurgaliev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gafurzhan Nurgaliev 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 Taraz promote Askhat Postnikov from within
- Squad Eskendir Qybyrai falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Madiiar Nūraly stands above it all