The Daugavpils Gazette
Market4 Dec 2028
Jack Lee asks to leave Daugavpils
“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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
A falling-out at Daugavpils
Daniel Kivinda and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout4 Dec 2028
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The dugout4 Dec 2028
Daniel Kivinda has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Daugavpils 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.
Squad4 Dec 2028
Nikita Savalnieks is no longer first choice
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Nikita Savalnieks has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
Market4 Dec 2028
Still no ink between Daugavpils and Danila Patijčuks
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Daugavpils, another week without a signature from Danila Patijčuks.
Squad4 Dec 2028
A season on the outside for Hrvoje Colak
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Daugavpils has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
The dugout4 Dec 2028
A door opens for Danila Patijčuks
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market4 Dec 2028
Daniels Aroniško leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Daniels Aroniško leaves Daugavpils the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Kristaps Laizans leaves for nothing
- Squad Daņiils Čiņajevs is doing the arithmetic
- The dugout The manager comes out for Jack Lee