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Edition
The Atlantas Herald
7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Marius Novikovas
27 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Atlantas lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market7 Sep 2026
Nikita Jurkovskis asks to leave Atlantas
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Atlantas
Darius Girdvainis was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Market Business is business: Karolis Jankauskas goes
- Squad Arvydas Novikovas falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Arnas Barauskas gets it from the manager