The Ararat Post
Market17 Aug 2026
Taraz watching Adama Méïté
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Ararat have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ararat turn down Alashkert for Malick Berté
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No thanks: Ali Abdurahmonov rejects the move
Ararat had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at AGMK, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Edgar Piloyan
Ararat asked and Alashkert said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ararat
Umut Dilek and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Ararat try to borrow Matías Kusmanis
Central Espanol have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Lucas Gaona is in the works
Ararat have made the call to Temperley. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Arman Hakobyan 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 Ararat, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market17 Aug 2026
Ernest Kacou's agent talks up a move
“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of Ernest Kacou is not being subtle.
In brief
- Market Patrick Handzongo goes looking for football
- Squad Welcome back, Joseph Sabobo