The Ordabasy Courier
Market7 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Abinur Nūrymbet
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abinur Nūrymbet will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Ordabasy the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Ordabasy to lose Vladyslav Naumets for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Vladyslav Naumets has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Market7 Sep 2026
Ordabasy spend $230.0K to raise the standard
This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $230.0K has been paid because Lev Kurgin is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Estudiantes tell Ordabasy: Ian Vera 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Vladislav Kostin 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 Ordabasy this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A step back for David Abagna at Ordabasy
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Azat Vorogovskiy signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Azat Vorogovskiy commits to Ordabasy for another 3 years.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
A loan move for Mahmud Jo'raboyev is in the works
Ordabasy have made the call to Mashal. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Bjørn Johnsen named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Bjørn Johnsen is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
In brief
- The dugout Léo Natel gets picked when it counts
- Market Talks stall between Ordabasy and Guy-Marcelin Kilama
- The dugout Vladyslav Naumets knocks on the manager’s door