“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ordabasy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mihai Căpăţînă plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Astana go through and Ordabasy go home, 1-3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The fee is $280.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Atyrau drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ordabasy have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The fee is $290.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Taraz drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Qazhymūqan Tölepbergen knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mihai Căpăţînă plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Victor Mudrac
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ordabasy have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Ordabasy have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Zhetysu defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Ordabasy that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A new face in his position, and Dimitar Mitkov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Ordabasy have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ordabasy can pretend not to have heard.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ordabasy is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ordabasy can pretend not to have heard.
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ordabasy, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ordabasy has been clear about where Zikrillo Sūltaniiazov stands, which is more than many ever get.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ordabasy know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Dimitar Mitkov