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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Nov 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Lucas Villela has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Oct 2027
Filipe Almeida : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Pyunik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Brayan Sánchez
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market18 Oct 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Aram Khamoyan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market11 Oct 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Henri Avagyan joins up with his country. Pyunik lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
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Uneasy
Squad13 Sep 2027
Orlando Mareco knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Pyunik , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market13 Sep 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Loan watch13 Sep 2027
3 appearances away from home and 1 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Uneasy
Market16 Aug 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ezequiel Sánchez has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Pyunik .
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Sead Islamović
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Daniel Aghbalyan asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market19 Jul 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Pyunik have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market19 Jul 2027
Experience through the door at Pyunik
Orlando Mareco arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Market19 Jul 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Ezequiel Sánchez asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
18 starts and a season average of 7.04. The loan is doing exactly what it was arranged to do.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A new face in his position, and Mathias Kristensen suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pyunik have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Steady
Match16 Jun 2027
Cup progress for Pyunik
A 1-0 win over Shirak , a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market21 Jun 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Pyunik have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match19 Jun 2027
Pyunik share the spoils with BKMA A 2-2 draw with BKMA leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Alemão Alashkert watching Alemão
Squad21 Jun 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Daniel Aghbalyan asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Julián Moya finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Pyunik have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market21 Jun 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market21 Jun 2027
Pyunik have made Gevorg Tarakhchyan available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Match22 May 2027
Still nobody has beaten Pyunik
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad24 May 2027
The manager makes an example of James
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match22 May 2027
A 1-1 draw with Alashkert leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
James The manager makes an example of James
Market24 May 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad24 May 2027
Matas Vareika wants a proper job in this sideShifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Matas Vareika has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Pyunik know, and have known for weeks.
Loan watch24 May 2027
12 starts and an average of 6.95. He went there to play and he is playing, which is the only thing a loan was ever for.
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Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of James
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match24 Apr 2027
A 1-1 draw with Gandzasar leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
James The manager makes an example of James
Market26 Apr 2027
The James talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Marius Noubissi keeps the shirt for now, at Pyunik 's convenience rather than his own.
Market26 Apr 2027
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Julián Moya arrives at Pyunik with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
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Steady
Match27 Mar 2027
Shirak made Pyunik work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market29 Mar 2027
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad29 Mar 2027
At 33 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Pyunik are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Crisis
Match20 Mar 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
Wages eat 118% of everything Pyunik earn
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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch22 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Van to sit and watch. I want to come back to Pyunik and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Market22 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad22 Mar 2027
Henri Avagyan joins up with his country. Pyunik lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.
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Uneasy
Squad1 Mar 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad1 Mar 2027
Matas Vareika asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market1 Mar 2027
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market1 Feb 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Pyunik will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market1 Feb 2027
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Edgar Malakyan is 36, with 337 appearances behind him, and Pyunik will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
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Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
Noah come back empty-handedThe bid was some way short and Pyunik did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market18 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Pyunik have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The medical room confirms 32 days on the sidelines for Javi Moreno , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Brayan Sánchez commits to Pyunik for another 3 years.
Market18 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Pyunik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Somebody is after James ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and James suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Pyunik have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Pyunik have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Matas Vareika asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The captaincy has been taken off Sead Islamović . Pyunik will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Aleksandar Miljković , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Matas Vareika commits to Pyunik for another 4 years.
Market7 Dec 2026
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
Matas Vareika asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market9 Nov 2026
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
11 appearances at Gaziantep and the goals keep coming. Pyunik are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Sargis Metoyan commits to Pyunik for another 3 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Marius Noubissi asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Oct 2026
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
James linked with a move awayThe name of James keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Pyunik say nothing, which says plenty.
Market14 Sep 2026
Pyunik spent the window trying to move Robert Darbinyan 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Nikos Kainourgios plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
James James linked with a move away
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
The fee is $1.3M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Ararat-Armenia drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.