The Astana Courier
Market20 Feb 2040
Ivan Bašić asks to leave Astana
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market20 Feb 2040
Astana turn down Kairat for Paul Okon-Engstler
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market20 Feb 2040
Lautaro Torrielli has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Astana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Feb 2040
Tempers go at Astana
Shola Ogundana 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.
Market20 Feb 2040
Zhetysu expected to open talks for Ivan Bašić
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Astana will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad20 Feb 2040
Ivan Bašić 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.
In brief
- Squad Aibol Tymoshchuk out for 27 days
- Squad Baktiyor Vorogovskiy signs on for more