The Mika Chronicle
Squad30 Nov 2026
Emerson Nike wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Mika know it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Mika
Gévero Markiet was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad30 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Mika
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sergey Mikaelyan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
276% of the income goes out in wages at Mika
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.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Haykaram Muradyan back under a manager who knows him
The new man at Mika has worked with Haykaram Muradyan before and it went well. He arrives with a view of the player already formed, which is worth more than any pre-season.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
Akhmed Jindoyan gets it from the manager
“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.
In brief
- Market Talks stall between Mika and Jorge Bernardo
- Squad Harrison Chamberlain signs on for more
- The dugout Narek Ghasumyan knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout The manager makes Sevak Aslanyan a promise