The Irtysh Herald
Market6 Mar 2028
Stanislav Oksenenko 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 Irtysh can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets6 Mar 2028
Marc Gual stays at Kairat as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Irtysh will try again when the window opens; Kairat may not be selling by then.
Boardroom6 Mar 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Irtysh
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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Bohdan Sarnavskyi stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bohdan Sarnavskyi and Irtysh agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad6 Mar 2028
Ädilkhan Taňzharyqov 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 Irtysh this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market6 Mar 2028
Yeldos Taykenov steps up from the Irtysh academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yeldos Taykenov 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
Erbol Tymoshchuk steps up from the Irtysh academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Erbol Tymoshchuk 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
Irtysh promote Gafurzhan Taykenov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gafurzhan 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.
Squad6 Mar 2028
A step back for Abdulqader Abdullah at Irtysh
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Irtysh
- The dugout Abdulqader Abdullah knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Irtysh