The Shirak Sentinel
The terraces15 Jan 2029
The mood at Shirak has turned into something else
Supporters who sing when it goes badly are supporters. Supporters who gather afterwards are a problem, and everybody inside the building knows which of the two this now is.
Market15 Jan 2029
Tigran Sumbulyan says no to Hayq
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Tigran Sumbulyan had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market15 Jan 2029
Vladimir Yeremyan hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Shirak can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Leo Reis will not be coming to Shirak
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Gandzasar is saying, and nobody at Shirak is enjoying the guessing.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Tempers go at Shirak
Hamlet Mnatsakanyan 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Simone Gazzola arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Simone Gazzola has, at Shirak, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market15 Jan 2029
BKMA join the queue for Camilo
Add another name to the list: BKMA have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Camilo. The answer from Shirak has not changed — yet.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Shirak
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lyova Mryan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Shirak rebuffed over Sergiy Vakulenko
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pyunik have kept their man, and Shirak go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Shirak on Simone Gazzola
- The dugout Suren Tsarukyan gets picked when it counts
- Squad No place for Athyla in the new shape