The Utenis Chronicle
Squad2 Jul 2029
Vykintas Klimavicius damages knee ligaments — 49 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 49 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market2 Jul 2029
Pierluigi Saurini puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Utenis, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Vilius Armalas is a medical away from Utenis
The deal with Zalgiris is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Door shut on Marat Tlekhugov
Utenis asked and Zalgiris said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Words exchanged at Utenis
Zoran Markovic 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.
Boardroom2 Jul 2029
4 new boys at the Utenis academy
Signed today, seen by nobody for years, and one of them may one day be the reason the club exists. That is the whole of the argument for an academy, and it is a good one.
Market2 Jul 2029
Ignas Dapkus told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ignas Dapkus has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Utenis.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Lukas Dapkus slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Lukas Dapkus is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Tadas Lasickas 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.
In brief
- Squad Nerves in the Utenis squad
- Market Rokas Satkus leaves for nothing