Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sogdiana has been clear about where Umid Sultonov stands, which is more than many ever get.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A new face in his position, and Filip Ivanović suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Sogdiana have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
12 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.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Javohir Qahramonov and Sogdiana agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sogdiana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The deal that would have taken Sahob Rashidov to Nasaf has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Sogdiana with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Filip Ivanović is 36, with 43 appearances behind him, and Sogdiana will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Aleksandar Boljević has let it be known that he does not like the way Sogdiana are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Lokomotiv defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Jasurbek Jaloliddinov has let it be known that he does not like the way Sogdiana are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Sam Jammeh knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Filip Ivanović has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Sogdiana know, and have known for weeks.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nikola Mirković knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Sogdiana have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Sogdiana 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. Sogdiana 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. Sogdiana have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Fejsal Mulić
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Aleksandar Boljević has let it be known that he does not like the way Sogdiana are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aleksandar Boljević and Sogdiana agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
The shirt still fits. Islom Abdullaev is back at Sogdiana, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
The name of Sardorbek Hoshimov has come up in conversations Sogdiana were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Rauno Sappinen is 20, and Sogdiana have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Sardorbek Hoshimov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market7 Feb 2028
The window shut and Zakaria Sami is still in the building
Sogdiana spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sogdiana can pretend not to have heard.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sogdiana has been clear about where Umid Sultonov stands, which is more than many ever get.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
11 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.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 8 appearances in 38 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sogdiana can pretend not to have heard.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 2 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 8 appearances in 34 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 2 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Fejsal Mulić
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 8 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.
Beaten 5 times, with 4 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 1 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
0-3 to Metallurg, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 8 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Sogdiana pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Sogdiana has been clear about where Zakaria Sami stands, which is more than many ever get.
He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 6 appearances in 22 say he has earned the hearing.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
A new face in his position, and Nikola Mirković suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Sogdiana have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Moayed Al-Karneeb arrives at Sogdiana with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
A new face in his position, and Islomjon Qobilov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Sogdiana have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Itumeleng Ngcobo arrives at Sogdiana with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Jasurbek Jaloliddinov has let it be known that he does not like the way Sogdiana are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 6 appearances in 18 say he has earned the hearing.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Zoir Jo'raboyev has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Sogdiana know, and have known for weeks.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nikola Mirković knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 4 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sogdiana can pretend not to have heard.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Aleksandar Boljević plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Suhrob Izzatov
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nikola Mirković 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Zoir Jo'raboyev has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Sogdiana know, and have known for weeks.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Sogdiana, and 1 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Nikola Mirković knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
The shirt still fits. Doniyor Akhmedov is back at Sogdiana, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Rustam Nematov is back at Sogdiana, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Zakaria Sami has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana 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 Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Sogdiana spent the window trying to move Umid Sultonov on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sogdiana can pretend not to have heard.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sogdiana can pretend not to have heard.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A new face in his position, and Ljupce Doriev suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Sogdiana have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sogdiana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sogdiana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Sogdiana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sogdiana they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Sogdiana, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Sogdiana know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Sogdiana is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Sogdiana have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.