The Ararat Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Kalifala Doumbia again
The phone has started ringing about Kalifala Doumbia again, and this time the name on the line is Sumgayit. Ararat are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Renato Hyshmeri in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ararat this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Momčilo Rašo
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Ararat will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gaziantep are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Ararat will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Ararat and Momčilo Rašo
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Ararat, another week without a signature from Momčilo Rašo.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at Ararat has picked up the phone to Malick Berté
48 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
In brief
- Squad Renato Hyshmeri still has not settled
- Squad Malick Berté has seen what the next man earns