Marked for Vikintas Eliosius
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
Trakai say no — this time
The offer from Kauno Zalgiris for Vykintas Novikovas was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market18 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Trakai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad18 Jan 2027
José Cadenas in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market18 Jan 2027
The phone has started ringing about Vikintas Eliosius again, and this time the name on the line is Utenis. Trakai are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Donatas Vaitkunas and Trakai agree another 3 years.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eduardo Simo 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.
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From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market11 Jan 2027
Trakai say no — this time
The offer from Kauno Zalgiris for Arvydas Valskis was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market11 Jan 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at Trakai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Trakai
José Cadenas 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.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gatis Stolcers 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.
Market11 Jan 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Marius Vaitkunas may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Vikintas Eliosius has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Trakai will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad28 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Trakai
Ignas Jankauskas 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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marius Vaitkunas, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Vikintas Eliosius commits to Trakai for another 4 years.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market21 Dec 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 Trakai, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad21 Dec 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Dec 2026
José Cadenas has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Trakai will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Trakai
José Cadenas 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ignas Jankauskas 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 Dec 2026
Vikintas Eliosius has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Trakai will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ignas Jankauskas 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.
Squad16 Nov 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Trakai
José Cadenas 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words at Trakai training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gatis Stolcers 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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Vikintas Eliosius has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Trakai will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad14 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Trakai this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Gatis Stolcers 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.