The Stumbras Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Arvydas Vaitkunas 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Darius Dapkus signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Darius Dapkus and Stumbras agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Stumbras
Donatas 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Modestas Novikovas 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Darius Dapkus knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Stumbras, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rokas Paulauskas told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Rokas Paulauskas has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Stumbras.
In brief
- Market Paulius Cernych goes looking for football
- Market Ignas Mikoliunas leaves on loan