Modestas Simkus

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10 Jan 2027
Sunday
Process

Marked for Modestas Simkus

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The Trakai Courier

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Donatas Simkus is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Trakai is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

Donatas Simkus has agreed to leave Trakai for nothing

He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.

Squad

Words at Trakai training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Youssoupha Mbodji 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.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Trakai Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Trakai through in the cup

A 2‑1 win over Siauliai, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Match

Andrius Jankauskas wins it after the whistle should have gone

91 minutes played. Andrius Jankauskas found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Siauliai went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Squad

Paulius Paulauskas 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Igors Dubra

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igors Dubra, and the manager let it.

Player ratings

Andrius Jankauskas in the eights

A performance of 8.09 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Player ratings

Igors Dubra runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Marber Suárez has outgrown this division

There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Trakai know it, and so does everybody who watches him.

Squad

Words at Trakai training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Tadas Barauskas 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.

Market

No place for Modestas Simkus in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Modestas Simkus has his answer from Trakai; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief