The Spartaks Post
Squad4 Jan 2027
A fracture rules Emmanuel Iroanya out for 60 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Spartaks will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The knee: Pavels Gabovs out for 40 days
40 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Spartaks lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market4 Jan 2027
Spartaks say no — this time
The offer from Jelgava for Raivis Jagodinskis 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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Wasiu Falolu 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 Spartaks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Liepaja tell Spartaks: Ingars Pūlis is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Davis Laizans stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Davis Laizans and Spartaks agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market4 Jan 2027
Talks stall between Spartaks and Kolawole Oladipo
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Spartaks try to borrow Rodolphe Ekou
Liepaja have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout4 Jan 2027
Kolawole Oladipo has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Spartaks 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.
In brief
- Market No place for Raivis Jagodinskis in the plan
- The dugout Marcis Stolcers gets it from the manager
- Boardroom Open for business: Spartaks enter the window