Marked for Vikintas Paulauskas
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Atlantas training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vikintas Paulauskas 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The most common injury in the game and the most rushed back from. Atlantas will quote 14 days and will be careful with it, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tadas Novikovas commits to Atlantas for another 3 years.
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Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Atlantas, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Atlantas close the window on a squad of their own making
0 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Atlantas
Linas Simkus and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Atlantas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Paulius Valskis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Donatas Valskis has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“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.
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Uneasy
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Atlantas
Karolis Paulauskas and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Atlantas
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vikintas Paulauskas was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Atlantas have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andrius Kazlauskas and Atlantas agree another 3 years.