The Ravan Chronicle
Market3 Aug 2026
Samir Dadashov 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 Ravan can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Ravan bid $200.0K for Hacıağa Hacılı
The offer went to Zira this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Ravan
Araz Ismayilov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mahir Medvedev falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Ümid Səmədov 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Samir Ismayilov is in the works
Ravan have made the call to Khazar. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Araz Ismayilov 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 Ravan, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
Araz Garayev is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Ravan has been clear about where Araz Garayev stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ravan give Emin Nadirov the armband
A decision that decides nothing on the pitch and everything in the room. The manager has said, without saying it, whose voice he wants heard when his own is not there.
In brief
- Squad Kamran Amirguliyev is not saying it is over
- Market Ravan put Vugar Medvedev up for sale
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Rufat Amirguliyev