Fedor Černych

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Kauno Zalgiris
1 Sep 2026
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Fedor Černych

5 Edition

The Kauno Zalgiris Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Luka Račić turns Skonto down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market

Kauno Zalgiris turn down Minsk for Filip Novaković

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market

Oyinlola Kayode moves on

Suduva pay $36.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Transfer targets

Kauno Zalgiris rebuffed over Karolis Kuklys

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Utenis have kept their man, and Kauno Zalgiris go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market

Atlantas join the queue for Eduardas Jurjonas

Add another name to the list: Atlantas have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Eduardas Jurjonas. The answer from Kauno Zalgiris has not changed — yet.

The dugout

Fedor Černych has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Kauno Zalgiris will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

Squad

Vykintas Slivka goes off with his country

A call-up flatters the player and the club that produced him in the same breath. Kauno Zalgiris would like him back in one piece and know they will not be consulted.

Squad

International call for Tomas Švedkauskas

Tomas Švedkauskas joins up with his country. Kauno Zalgiris lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

Squad

International call for Motiejus Burba

Motiejus Burba joins up with his country. Kauno Zalgiris lose him for the window and would like him back in one piece.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Kauno Zalgiris Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tomas Švedkauskas is the hero from the spot

A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Tomas Švedkauskas: 3 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.

Match

Kauno Zalgiris through in the cup

A 1‑1 win over Zalgiris, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Squad

Franco Baldassarra 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 Kauno Zalgiris this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Kauno Zalgiris rebuffed over Henrik Ojamaa

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Paide have kept their man, and Kauno Zalgiris go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The dugout

Franco Baldassarra 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.

Player ratings

The kick that got away from Damjan Pavlović

Twelve yards, a goalkeeper guessing, and it still did not go in. He will take the next one, and every soul in the ground will hold their breath.

Market

Suduva expected to open talks for Oyinlola Kayode

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Kauno Zalgiris will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

The dugout

Ivan Fiolić has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Kauno Zalgiris will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Fiodor Simkus on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

In brief

1 Edition

The Kauno Zalgiris Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kauno Zalgiris turn down Lushnja for Marko Konatar

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Franco Baldassarra signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Franco Baldassarra commits to Kauno Zalgiris for another 4 years.

Squad

Words exchanged at Kauno Zalgiris

Franco Baldassarra and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Žan-Luk Leban

Kauno Zalgiris asked and NK Celje said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad

Fedor Černych calls time on his country

“103 caps was 103 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 35 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from Kauno Zalgiris.

Market

Eyes on Rokas Lekiatas again

The phone has started ringing about Rokas Lekiatas again, and this time the name on the line is Atlantas. Kauno Zalgiris are listening politely and promising nothing.

In brief