The Kairat Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Irtysh come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Kairat did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market17 Aug 2026
Aleksandr Shirobokov agrees terms with Astana
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Kairat people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$430.0K settles it between the clubs for Everton Moraes
Ordabasy have accepted the money. What Kairat do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Kairat bid $470.0K for Branimir Kalaica
The offer went to Astana 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Kairat
Alexandr Martynovich and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Yurii Vakulko at that price
Kairat offered $380.0K; Ordabasy said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Kairat agree a free transfer for Branimir Kalaica
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nurali Murtazaev arrives at Kairat as the heir apparent
Every dressing room knows how to read a signing like this one. Nurali Murtazaev is not here to sit and wait indefinitely, and the man whose place he has been bought to take knows it better than anyone.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Kairat training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramazan Bağdat 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Gustavo Mendonça
- Market Talks stall between Kairat and Aleksandr Mrynskii
- Squad This league is too small for Georgy Tigiev