From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market25 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Wages eat 106% of everything Gandzasar earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market25 Jan 2027
The name of Grigory Matevosyan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gandzasar say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad18 Jan 2027
“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.
Market18 Jan 2027
Gandzasar have made Grisha Paronyan available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mariano Ahouangbo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad11 Jan 2027
23 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Somebody is after João Nóbrega’s shirt
A new face in his position, and João Nóbrega suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Gandzasar have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
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Uneasy
Market4 Jan 2027
Ararat come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Gandzasar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market4 Jan 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Grisha Paronyan has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Gandzasar.
Squad4 Jan 2027
João Nóbrega has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. João Nóbrega keeps the shirt for now, at Gandzasar's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Market28 Dec 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 218% of everything Gandzasar earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market28 Dec 2026
The name of Grigory Matevosyan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gandzasar say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mariano Ahouangbo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
53 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Bertrand Mani
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Ethan Lizalda has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Dec 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Yuri Martirosyan has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
286% of the income goes out in wages at Gandzasar
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market30 Nov 2026
The name of Grigory Matevosyan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gandzasar say nothing, which says plenty.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Mariano Ahouangbo plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad23 Nov 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Gandzasar will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
81 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Grigory Matevosyan has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad9 Nov 2026
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
6 days of the agreement remain and 0 appearances sit behind him. Somebody has to decide what happens next.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
286% of the income goes out in wages at Gandzasar
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Market2 Nov 2026
The name of Grigory Matevosyan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gandzasar say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager comes out for João Nóbrega
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. João Nóbrega has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Yuri Martirosyan has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Hagai Katoh has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
109 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Bertrand Mani plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad19 Oct 2026
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Gandzasar will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Grigory Matevosyan plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Nasko Milev is out on the grass again
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Gandzasar will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
34 days of the agreement remain and 0 appearances sit behind him. Somebody has to decide what happens next.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 505% of everything Gandzasar earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Bertrand Mani
“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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Gandzasar will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
A welcome sight on the training pitch: Hagai Katoh has come through recovery and is pushing for a place again.
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Uneasy
Squad21 Sep 2026
137 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Hagai Katoh keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Hagai Katoh plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Uneasy
Market14 Sep 2026
Gandzasar spent the window trying to move Simon Obonde on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Yuri Martirosyan has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Nasko Milev is out on the grass again
He came through the session, took part in everything and finished it smiling. Gandzasar will not rush him, and he will spend the next fortnight trying to rush them.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
Ararat come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Gandzasar did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 317% of everything Gandzasar earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Market7 Sep 2026
The name of Grigory Matevosyan keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Gandzasar say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gandzasar can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of João Nóbrega
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Grigory Matevosyan plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market24 Aug 2026
Simon Obonde hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Gandzasar can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Hagai Katoh, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
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Crisis
Match12 Aug 2026
BKMA ended it 1-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market17 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Luke Merrill gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Every debut is a small story about the future: Akorede Usman Ajibona, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Squad17 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Gandzasar have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Grigory Matevosyan keeps the shirt for now, at Gandzasar's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
Shirak are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Gandzasar will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market10 Aug 2026
Roman Rostokin is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Gandzasar has been clear about where Roman Rostokin stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” João Nóbrega commits to Gandzasar for another 4 years.
Market3 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Gandzasar have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.