The Zira Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Zira get their man
The chase for Jérémie Gnali ended with $1.0M changing hands and Qarabag out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zira count the cost of losing Maycon Cleiton
15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Ryan Francisco rejects the move
Zira had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sport Recife, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The town asked, and Zira paid $1.0M
Jérémie Gnali was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $1.0M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Home is on Ruan Renato's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Zira are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zira promote Ruslan Dadashov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ruslan Dadashov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zira promote Orkhan Nadirov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Orkhan Nadirov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zira promote Javid Abdullayev from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Javid Abdullayev has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zira
Aydın Bayramov 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Zira try to borrow Sami Bouhoudane
- Looking ahead The leaders are next for Zira
- Squad This league is too small for Jérémie Gnali