The Sumgayit Courier
Market16 Aug 2027
Tiago Almeida 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 Sumgayit can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Roi Kehat: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sumgayit have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Sumgayit
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Roi Kehat wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Sumgayit can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Ararat tell Sumgayit: Miguel Rajani is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match14 Aug 2027
Sumgayit come up short against Araz-Nakhchivan
Araz-Nakhchivan left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Ronaldo Vásquez gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market16 Aug 2027
Eyes on Nihat Əhmədzadə again
The phone has started ringing about Nihat Əhmədzadə again, and this time the name on the line is Sporting Baku. Sumgayit are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Afran Garayev joins the Sumgayit first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Afran Garayev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Sumgayit promote Samir Ramazanov from within
- Squad Masaki Murata falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom Sumgayit let a promise lapse