The Van Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Urartu come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Van did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ernest Kacou will not be coming to Van
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Ararat is saying, and nobody at Van is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Van
Artur Kartashyan was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Javier Torres signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Javier Torres and Van agree another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Van rebuffed over Mikayel Mirzoyan
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Urartu have kept their man, and Van go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hovhannes Haroyan steps up from the Van academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hovhannes Haroyan has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Mkhitar Karapetyan joins the Van first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mkhitar Karapetyan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Artur Hovhannisyan joins the Van first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Artur Hovhannisyan is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Javier Torres
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad A season on the outside for Molik Khan
- Squad Molik Khan walks taller at Van
- The dugout The manager comes out for Yuri Martirosyan