The Skonto Gazette
Squad21 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Aleksandrs Gabovs out for 84 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Skonto will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Skonto
Gatis Laizans and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
Kristaps Tarasovs 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.
Loan watch21 Sep 2026
Kaspars Ciganovs counts the days
“I watch every Skonto game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Daugavpils runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad21 Sep 2026
a squad player signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” a squad player commits to Skonto for another 3 years.
Market21 Sep 2026
Skonto put Vladimirs Oss up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vladimirs Oss may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- The dugout Aleksandrs Gabovs has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad Anthony Dennis falls out with a teammate over standards