The Inter Herald
Squad12 Oct 2026
Qara Khalilzade damages knee ligaments — 85 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 85 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Inter
Rashad Garayev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Real improvement from Rahid Mammadov at Inter
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Rahid Mammadov is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Inter keep their word to Alessio Curci
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Rodrigo Dantas signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Rodrigo Dantas commits to Inter for another 1 years.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Afran Mammadov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Afran Mammadov, and the manager let it.
Market12 Oct 2026
Inter bring in an old head
Rodrigo Dantas is 37 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
Market12 Oct 2026
Qara Ramazanov told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Qara Ramazanov has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Inter.
Market12 Oct 2026
The Rashad Garayev story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Rashad Garayev signs something — a contract at Inter or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout Samir Jafarov knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout A door opens for Rahid Mammadov
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Qarabag