The Shamakhi Herald
Squad14 Aug 2028
Ricardo Fernandes breaks a bone — 46 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 46 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad14 Aug 2028
The knee: Mihai Kereki out for 64 days
64 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Shamakhi lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Edvin Kuč keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Shamakhi may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market14 Aug 2028
Habib İsmayilov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Shamakhi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Walfrido 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 Shamakhi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Shamakhi
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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Words at Shamakhi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ibrahima Wadji is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Shirak tell Shamakhi: Vladimir Yeremyan 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Samir Ismayilov steps up from the Shamakhi academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Samir Ismayilov 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Emin Mammadov joins the Shamakhi first team
- Market One of our own: Richard Ozobic joins the Shamakhi first team
- The dugout No hiding place for Vini Locatelli