The Ravan Chronicle
Squad9 Aug 2027
Richard Ismayilov damages knee ligaments — 117 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 117 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.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
No thanks: Moustapha Seck rejects the move
Ravan had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Neftchi, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Cavid Garayev signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Cavid Garayev and Ravan agree another 4 years.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Richard Madatov has improved at 26, which nobody expected
Careers are supposed to plateau and then decline, and the players who ignore that are always the ones who were listening on the training ground. 3 points of it, over months, at an age where the direction normally only goes one way.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Ravan rebuffed over Fabrizzio Franco
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zira have kept their man, and Ravan go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Ravan
Kamran Mammadov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
A loan move for Məmməd Hüseynov is in the works
Ravan have made the call to Kapaz. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
Samir Medvedev asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market9 Aug 2027
Orkhan Ismayilov leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Orkhan Ismayilov leaves Ravan the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Afran Ramazanov leaves for nothing
- The dugout The manager comes out for Agil Sheydaev