The Utenis Chronicle
Squad3 Aug 2026
Deividas Slavickas 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 Utenis this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Modestas Novikovas signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Modestas Novikovas and Utenis agree another 2 years.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Utenis rebuffed over Marko Capan
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zalgiris have kept their man, and Utenis go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Utenis
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Timur Zhirkov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Saulius Kuklys is in the works
Utenis have made the call to Trakai. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Deividas Slavickas knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Deividas Slavickas trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Utenis and Edgaras Barauskas
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market3 Aug 2026
Tomas Eliosius linked with a move away
The name of Tomas Eliosius keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Utenis say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Karolis Slavickas takes the armband
It is a strip of cloth and it decides nothing on a Saturday. It still tells the dressing room exactly whose opinion the manager values, which is the whole point of it.
In brief
- Market 12 months and counting on Paulius Sernas
- Market Utenis put Tomas Eliosius up for sale