The Stumbras Herald
Squad31 Aug 2026
102 days out for Vykintas Kuklys after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Stumbras will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Justas Cernych 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.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
No thanks: Justas Klimavicius rejects the move
Stumbras had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Atlantas, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Stumbras
Fiodor Valskis and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Stumbras
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Saulius Dapkus was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Arvydas Klimavicius stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arvydas Klimavicius and Stumbras agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Arvydas Kuklys
- The dugout Arvydas Klimavicius knocks on the manager's door
- Market Still no signature from Saulius Dapkus
- The dugout The manager comes out for Fiodor Girdvainis