Ilya Arsenyev

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24 Jan 2027
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The Stumbras Herald

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market11 Jan 2027

Stumbras say no — this time

The offer from Zalgiris for Ilya Arsenyev 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.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Jakub Jurczyga gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Jakub Jurczyga has just signed for Stumbras, and for once the answer mattered.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Tempers go at Stumbras

Tadas Simkus 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

Filip Jania signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Filip Jania and Stumbras agree another 4 years.

Market11 Jan 2027

Trakai watching Fiodor Novikovas

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Stumbras have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Squad11 Jan 2027

Martim Barradas 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.

In brief

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The Stumbras Herald

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match12 Aug 2026

The small margins put Stumbras out

Out, 0‑4 to Suduva, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

Stumbras are taken apart by Suduva — and the town wants answers

It finished 0-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A first appearance Darius Barauskas will want to forget — 5.43

Everybody's debut is one of two stories and this was the other one. 5.43, and the only consolation available is that nobody's career has ever been decided by ninety minutes in a shirt he had just been given.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tadas Simkus 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 Stumbras this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Zakhele Shabangu signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Zakhele Shabangu commits to Stumbras for another 3 years.

Squad17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Ilya Arsenyev

“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.

Squad17 Aug 2026

This league is too small for Viktor Hýsek

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. Stumbras will not keep him by pretending otherwise.

Boardroom17 Aug 2026

Nobody left the Stumbras dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Market17 Aug 2026

Stumbras buy the years ahead of Zakhele Shabangu

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

In brief

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The Stumbras Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market3 Aug 2026

Linas Barauskas asks to leave Stumbras

“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.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Stumbras

Tadas Simkus 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

Karolis Vaitkunas 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

Eyes on Tadas Dubickas again

The phone has started ringing about Tadas Dubickas again, and this time the name on the line is Zalgiris. Stumbras are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Tadas Simkus knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Tadas Simkus trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market3 Aug 2026

Marius Girdvainis is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Stumbras has been clear about where Marius Girdvainis stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief