The Aktobe Courier
Market17 Aug 2026
Terms done: Ädilkhan Taňzharyqov is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Shakhter waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Aktobe is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Aktobe bid $1.2M for Michael Lilander
The offer went to Paide this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aktobe say no — this time
The offer from Okzhetpes for Igor' Trofimets was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Giorgi Zaria 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 Aktobe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Talğat Kusiapov goes
Kairat paid $210.0K and Aktobe took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Pyunik tell Aktobe: Sargis Metoyan 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Aktobe ask about Alexey Ploschadny
- The dugout Kairat Logvinenko asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Questions about Daniel Sosah on the training pitch
- Squad Giorgi Zaria back in training