The Zhetysu Post
Squad6 Mar 2028
Daniil Golikov breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A falling-out at Zhetysu
Bassel Jradi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Zhetysu
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets6 Mar 2028
Door shut on Erkebūlan Seidakhmet
Zhetysu asked and Aktobe said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market6 Mar 2028
Azat Nuserbayev steps up from the Zhetysu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Azat Nuserbayev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market6 Mar 2028
One of our own: Marat Postnikov joins the Zhetysu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marat Postnikov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Mar 2028
Zhetysu promote Samat Tymoshchuk from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samat Tymoshchuk 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.
Market6 Mar 2028
Zhetysu promote Baktiyor Vorogovskiy from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Baktiyor Vorogovskiy 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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A row about effort at Zhetysu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ivan Sirotkin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Boardroom Zhetysu board go back on their word
- Squad A step back for Kamil Ibragimov at Zhetysu
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Zhetysu