The Neftchi Sentinel
Market31 Jan 2028
Daler Tuxsanov hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Neftchi can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Alisher Odilov 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 Neftchi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Jan 2028
The Otabek Hasanov conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Obod will make the call about Otabek Hasanov this week. Neftchi have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Squad31 Jan 2028
Abrorbek Ismoilov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Neftchi will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market31 Jan 2028
The Vladimir Jovović question follows Neftchi around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Vladimir Jovović’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market31 Jan 2028
Eldor Ahmedov leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Eldor Ahmedov leaves Neftchi the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Squad The manager comes out for Ikromjon Aliboev
- Squad Questions about Otabek Hasanov on the training pitch