Janis Vanins

Striker - Skonto
24 Oct 2026
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Marked for Janis Vanins

11 Edition

The Skonto Gazette

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad12 Oct 2026

A knee injury of the worst kind for Janis Oss

82 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Skonto lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Skonto

Tijan Vasić 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.

Squad12 Oct 2026

This league is too small for Zilkifilu Rabiu

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Skonto will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Loan watch12 Oct 2026

Pavels Jurkovskis counts the days

“I watch every Skonto game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Metta/LU runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words at Skonto training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Jagodinskis is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market12 Oct 2026

The Janis Vanins talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Skonto know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Skonto Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad14 Sep 2026

Janis Oss damages knee ligaments — 113 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 113 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.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Gatis Bulvitis breaks a bone — 40 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 40 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at Skonto

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Janis Gabovs was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Loan watch14 Sep 2026

Pavels Jurkovskis has seen enough of Metta/LU

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Skonto, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.

Squad14 Sep 2026

This league is too small for Tijan Vasić

He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Skonto will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Market14 Sep 2026

The Janis Vanins talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Skonto know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

3 Edition

The Skonto Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Arseniy Skopets is a medical away from Skonto

The deal with BATE 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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Skonto

Janis Gabovs 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.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Vitalijs Tarasovs

Skonto asked and Jelgava said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Skonto

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kristaps Savalnieks was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Raivis Bulvitis stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Raivis Bulvitis and Skonto agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Roberts Jagodinskis 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.

Market17 Aug 2026

The Janis Vanins talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Skonto know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market17 Aug 2026

The shop window has Marcis Tarasovs in it

Skonto have let the market know Marcis Tarasovs can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Raivis Bulvitis asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief