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Edition
The Astana Courier
11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market11 Jan 2027
Maccabi Petach Tikva join the queue for Bakary Nimaga
Add another name to the list: Maccabi Petach Tikva have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Bakary Nimaga. The answer from Astana has not changed — yet.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Astana
Bakary Nimaga 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
Astana promote Samat Logvinenko from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Samat Logvinenko 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
- Squad Words at Astana training over how hard people work
- Squad When it matters, Mükhammedzhan Seisen plays
- Squad The manager plants his flag on Nikola Burić