The Atyrau Sentinel
Squad18 Jun 2035
Tempers go at Atyrau
Abylaikhan Zhūmabek 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.
Squad18 Jun 2035
Egor Tkachenko falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match16 Jun 2035
Irtysh take the points off Atyrau
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad18 Jun 2035
The manager makes an example of Kairat Murtazaev
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad18 Jun 2035
Gafurzhan Akhmetov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Atyrau, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market18 Jun 2035
No place for Askhat Nuserbayev in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Askhat Nuserbayev has his answer from Atyrau; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market The Paschal Durugbor story refuses to die
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Abdulqodri Habeeb
- Boardroom Atyrau keep producing them