The Trakai Courier
Market14 Sep 2026
Marius Paulauskas asks to leave Trakai
“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.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
No thanks: Stanley Amon rejects the move
Trakai had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Bayelsa United, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Transfer targets14 Sep 2026
Olympiacos tell Trakai: Fanis Bakoulas is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Trakai
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vykintas Paulauskas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Fiodor Klimavicius
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market14 Sep 2026
The market said no: Vykintas Paulauskas stays put
Trakai opened the door and nobody walked through it. So Vykintas Paulauskas stays — listed, trained, and available — while both sides mark the days to January on the same calendar.
In brief
- Squad Fiodor Kuklys is not doing himself any favours
- The dugout Jonas Schmid keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Sergej Rajkovic is fit again