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Sabah president Mahsud Adigozalov has discussed the club’s founding, transfer policy and future goals in an interview with Poland’s Weszlo portal. He said the team’s budget was about €1.2 million in its first season in the Premier League. The club operated in 2018 without its own office or stadium, later finding an arena in Masazir and reaching an agreement to use it.
Adigozalov stressed the importance of scouting and data analysis to the club’s development. Sabah initially signed Aaron Maluda on loan from Lille’s reserve team before acquiring the player’s rights for €250,000, he said. Maluda was later sold to Basel for about €3 million, a record sale in the club’s history.
After qualifying for the Champions League league phase, the club established the Sabah Endowment fund to develop its academy, the president said. The fund, with initial capital of about €5 million, is expected to invest in bank deposits and bonds. Returns will go toward improving the academy’s infrastructure and training conditions. Some details of the fund’s investment mechanism are still being finalized.
Adigozalov said the club does not intend to spend heavily on transfers, and will sign new players only if they improve the quality of the squad. He praised head coach Valdas Dambrauskas’s professionalism. Sabah’s goals are to compete regularly in European competitions and challenge for top places in the domestic league.
