The Ararat Post
Market16 Aug 2027
Not going: Adama Méïté stays at Ararat
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Urartu had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A row about effort at Ararat
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lucas Souza was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Iman Griffith
Ararat asked and Pyunik said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Ararat
Narek Alaverdyan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Ararat try to borrow Iman Griffith
Pyunik 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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Kader Koné 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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Kaio César 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Adama Méïté placed on the list
Ararat have made Adama Méïté available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market16 Aug 2027
The Realdo Fili talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ararat know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad Kader Koné: “I am not a substitute”
- The dugout A door opens for Adel Anzimati
- Squad Questions about Eliot Boudet on the training pitch