The Andranik Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Arno Valkenaers gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Arno Valkenaers has just signed for Andranik, and for once the answer mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Khalil Sammani due for a Andranik medical
Everything agreed with Alashkert, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Ibrahim Obansa rejects the move
Andranik had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Remo Stars, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vasco Rocha signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vasco Rocha commits to Andranik for another 1 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
Juan Barrenechi comes home
The shirt still fits. Juan Barrenechi is back at Andranik, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Andranik
Arno Valkenaers and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andranik promote Gevorg Spertsyan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gevorg Spertsyan 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
One of our own: Vahan Barseghyan joins the Andranik first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vahan Barseghyan 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
Artur Mkhitaryan steps up from the Andranik academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artur Mkhitaryan 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Ibrahim Sesay
- Match A bad afternoon for Andranik against Syunik
- Squad Iago Dias needs a bigger stage