The Van Post
Squad8 Feb 2027
Hakob Hakobyan 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 Van this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A move Francisco Brás would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Francisco Brás is living that version at Van, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Words at Van training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Filip Valenčič is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A muscle injury sidelines Kevin Pereira for 14 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Van will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Market8 Feb 2027
Van sign Francisco Brás, one for the future
Francisco Brás is 20, and Van have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market8 Feb 2027
Van sign Edgar Simonyan, one for the future
Edgar Simonyan is 14, and Van have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market The window shut and Hayk Tatosyan is still in the building
- Market Van put Toby Bower up for sale