The Dinamo Tbilisi Gazette
Market9 Nov 2026
Numan Kurdić is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo Tbilisi is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Dinamo Tbilisi
Jaba Kankava 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.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Giorgi Kharaishvili
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Bruno Silva needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Dinamo Tbilisi know which stage they are at.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Giorgi Kharebashvili 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 Dinamo Tbilisi, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market9 Nov 2026
The Lyes Houri story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Lyes Houri signs something — a contract at Dinamo Tbilisi or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market9 Nov 2026
Talks stall between Dinamo Tbilisi and Numan Kurdić
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Irakli Siradze gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Irakli Siradze is on it.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
The manager makes Táles a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Dinamo Tbilisi. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
In brief
- Squad Aleksandre Kalandadze goes off with his country
- Squad Bruno Silva remains an outsider
- Market Numan Kurdić runs his contract down