The Trakai Courier
Market3 Aug 2026
Mantas Valskis hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Trakai can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Trakai
Marius Cernych 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Aidas Barauskas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aidas Barauskas and Trakai agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Deividas Sernas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Deividas Sernas in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Deividas Sernas has his answer from Trakai; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Edgaras Cernych 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
- Market Talks stall between Trakai and Aidas Paulauskas
- Market Nobody at Trakai has picked up the phone to Aidas Barauskas