The Ravan Chronicle
Squad22 May 2028
Emin Nazarov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ravan have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market22 May 2028
Stefan Coman puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ravan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad22 May 2028
Samir Nadirov in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Ravan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad22 May 2028
Edmund Asante gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Edmund Asante has just signed for Ravan, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad22 May 2028
Ruslan Bayramov 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.
Market22 May 2028
Ravan buy the years ahead of Edmund Asante
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Ravan on Tolga Soyuncu
- Market Ravan shop where it costs nothing