“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Taraz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz 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.” Taraz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz 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 Taraz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Aleksandr Marochkin plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Taraz will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Taraz that briefly doubles as an advertisement. A call-up flatters the player and the club that built him in the same breath.
A window away with the national side, and a shirt at Taraz 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. Taraz know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Taraz can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“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 Taraz, and 1 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
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.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Taraz spent the window trying to move Karim Smykov 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.
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Taraz can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Taraz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“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 Taraz, and 1 appearances in 29 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 Taraz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Taraz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz 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.” Taraz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Taraz can pretend not to have heard.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Taraz, 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 Taraz, and 1 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Tobol defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz 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.” Taraz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Taraz pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
The fee is $600.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Aktobe drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
“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 Taraz, and 1 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Taraz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The name of Eskendir Qybyrai has come up in conversations Taraz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Taraz has been clear about where Tair Nurseitov stands, which is more than many ever get.
A new face in his position, and Salam Jiddou suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Taraz have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Salam Jiddou has let it be known that he does not like the way Taraz are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
In brief
The terracesThe press have found their man in Älisher Sulei
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Taraz 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 Taraz, and 1 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
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.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of 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 Taraz, and 1 appearances in 13 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 Taraz, 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 Taraz can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Taraz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Taraz can pretend not to have heard.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Taraz have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Taraz, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Irtysh defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Taraz have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The deal that would have taken Älisher Süleimen to Aktobe has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Taraz with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
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. Islambek Beysebekov is back at Taraz, 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. Islambek Postnikov is back at Taraz, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Ülan Konysbaev is 37, with 0 appearances behind him, and Taraz will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
Taraz spent the window trying to move Dias Lesbek 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.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Taraz 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.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Taraz 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 Taraz can pretend not to have heard.
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Älisher Süleimen may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The fee is $17.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Irtysh drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
The name of Tair Nurseitov has come up in conversations Taraz were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Taraz can pretend not to have heard.
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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Karim Smykov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Taraz will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Älisher Sulei has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Miras Zhaqsymbetov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Älisher Süleimen has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Älisher Sulei has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Dias Lesbek 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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Miras Zhaqsymbetov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Simphiwe Masilela has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Älisher Sulei has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“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 Taraz, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mohammed Ensebaev plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Andrei Pasechenko has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Dias Lesbek has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Karim Smykov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“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 Taraz, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Simphiwe Masilela 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.
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Maqsat Ämirkhanov is 34, with 0 appearances behind him, and Taraz will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Eskendir Qybyrai may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Abdoulaye Guèye arrives at Taraz with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
Taraz spent the window trying to move Eskendir Qybyrai 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.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ūlyqbek Khaitmuratov has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Taraz will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Taraz 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.
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 Salam Jiddou suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Taraz 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 Taraz can pretend not to have heard.