The Shakhter Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Mansur Dil'murat says no to Kairat
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Mansur Dil'murat had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market10 Aug 2026
Irtysh come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Shakhter did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alisher Shukurov due for a Shakhter medical
Everything agreed with Qizilqum, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Igor' Shatskii 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 Shakhter this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Shakhter beat the market to Zhansūltan Mūkhametzhanov from Okzhetpes
Okzhetpes will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Zhansūltan Mūkhametzhanov has pre-agreed a move to Shakhter, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shakhter promote Nurbol Murtazaev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nurbol Murtazaev 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shakhter promote Baktiyor Kuat from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Baktiyor Kuat 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Akzhaiyk take the points off Shakhter
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Shakhter dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Alexandr Gagloev is still paying for one afternoon at Shakhter
- Player ratings An afternoon Alexandr Gagloev will want back