The Zhetysu Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Irtysh come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Zhetysu did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Shohruh Eshbo'tayev at that price
Zhetysu offered $800.0K; Shortan 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $140.0K for Viktor Ziabko
Zhetysu have gone to Okzhetpes with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Zhetysu
Serikzhan Muzhikov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zhetysu promote Kairat Abiken from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kairat Abiken has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Samat Vorogovskiy joins the Zhetysu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Samat Vorogovskiy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zhetysu promote Yeldos Taykenov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yeldos Taykenov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zhetysu are still strangers to each other
14 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Adam Adakhajiev's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- Squad Stefan Sicaci walks taller at Zhetysu
- Squad Adam Adakhajiev still has not settled