Eldor Mirzaev

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Free Agent
16 Apr 2036
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The Nasaf Courier

16 Jul 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad16 Jul 2035

Hikmatilla Hikmatov keeps Nasaf in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Market16 Jul 2035

Eldor Mirzaev 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 Nasaf can pretend not to have heard.

Player ratings16 Jul 2035

Fazliddin Omonkeldiyev goes up and wins it — 7.86

A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.86 for the rest of it.

Market16 Jul 2035

Sherzod Masharipov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nasaf is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Transfer targets16 Jul 2035

Nasaf rebuffed over Malam Malu

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Lokomotiv have kept their man, and Nasaf go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad16 Jul 2035

Adenis Shala is slowing down

At 36, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

Boardroom16 Jul 2035

Nasaf cannot sign anybody

The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.

Squad16 Jul 2035

Words at Nasaf training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ibrohimjon Qurbonov 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 targets16 Jul 2035

Nasaf try to borrow Alibek Davronov

Navbahor have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

In brief

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The Nasaf Courier

12 Feb 2035
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom12 Feb 2035

The silence upstairs is getting loud at Nasaf

Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.

Squad12 Feb 2035

Azizbek Abdumajidov breaks a bone — 19 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market12 Feb 2035

Farhod Fayzullaev 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 Nasaf can pretend not to have heard.

Transfer targets12 Feb 2035

Artis Brno tell Nasaf: Arman Hovhannisyan 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.

Squad12 Feb 2035

Time is catching up with Adenis Shala

Everybody at Nasaf saw it before anybody said it, which is how this always goes. At 36 the decline is real and measurable — 3 points — and the only question left is how the club handles somebody it owes a great deal to.

Squad12 Feb 2035

Words at Nasaf training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ibrohimjon Qurbonov 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.

The dugout12 Feb 2035

No hiding place for Bachana Ananidze

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bachana Ananidze, and the manager let it.

Squad12 Feb 2035

Eldor Mirzaev 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 Nasaf this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market12 Feb 2035

The Abduvohid Ne'matov question follows Nasaf around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Abduvohid Ne'matov’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

In brief

439 Edition

The Nasaf Courier

25 Dec 2034
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad25 Dec 2034

The knee: Ardian Murati out for 31 days

31 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Nasaf lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad25 Dec 2034

68 days out for Azizbek Abdumajidov after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Nasaf will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Market25 Dec 2034

Dostonbek Komilov 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 Nasaf can pretend not to have heard.

Squad25 Dec 2034

A falling-out at Nasaf

Ibrohimjon Qurbonov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom25 Dec 2034

Nasaf are $36.0M in the red

The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.

The dugout25 Dec 2034

Dostonbek Ganiev 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.

Market25 Dec 2034

The Fazliddin Omonkeldiyev question follows Nasaf around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Fazliddin Omonkeldiyev’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout25 Dec 2034

Amir Komilov has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Nasaf will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout25 Dec 2034

Eldor Mirzaev asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief