The Urartu Post
Squad9 Oct 2028
The knee: Serob Grigoryan out for 41 days
41 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Urartu lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad9 Oct 2028
115 days out for Mikhail Petrov after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Urartu will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Urartu
Gor Matinyan 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.
Squad9 Oct 2028
Words at Urartu training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Bruno Michel 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.
Market9 Oct 2028
Urartu promote Ararat Ghazaryan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ararat Ghazaryan 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.
Market9 Oct 2028
Petros Simonyan steps up from the Urartu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Petros Simonyan 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.
Market9 Oct 2028
Vahan Mkhitaryan steps up from the Urartu academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Vahan 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.
Market9 Oct 2028
Urartu promote Gevorg Hovhannisyan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Gevorg Hovhannisyan 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.
Loan watch9 Oct 2028
David Harutyunyan counts the days
“I watch every Urartu game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Ararat-Armenia runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- The dugout Narek Aghasaryan gets picked when it counts
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Michel Mbeleck
- The dugout Gor Matinyan asks for a word with the manager