The Ravan Chronicle
The terraces19 Jul 2027
Supporters organise against the Ravan board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Market19 Jul 2027
Claudio Fernández 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 The request is on a desk at Ravan, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Ravan
Rashad Guseynov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Inter tell Ravan: Hugo Castillo is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Ravan
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Agil Madatov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Lucas Farias for 15 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Ravan will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Ravan try to borrow Taofeek Ismaheel
Qarabag have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Ravan try to borrow Samuel Lobato
Qarabag have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Pierluigi La Porta
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pierluigi La Porta, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Agil Madatov linked with a move away
- Market Kamran Nadirov runs his contract down
- The dugout Javid Guseynov knocks on the manager’s door