Armenia national football team manager not ruling out Henrikh Mkhitaryan's return to squad

Yeghishe Melikyan, manager of the Armenian national football team, will try to bring Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan back to the national squad.

"We often communicate with Mkhitaryan, I communicated [with him] today, too. Yes, I have spoken to him, and I can't say what. But I speak with hope. It seems to me I should definitely go to Italy and sit down, talk with him. I don't know his specific opinion yet. We will have dinner, we will talk. I will definitely try," Melikyan said on the air of Armenian Public Television.

In the first round of the European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Armenia lost 0-5 to Portugal at home, but in the second round, they won 2-1 against Ireland—again at home. In the third round, Armenia will be hosted by Hungary on October 11.

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