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Edition
The Stumbras Herald
31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
Darius Paulauskas puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Stumbras, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Siauliai come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Stumbras did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Stumbras
Fiodor Kuklys 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.
In brief
- Squad Darius Paulauskas falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Saulius Sernas stays put
- Squad The manager makes an example of Mantas Novikovas
- Market Donatas Vaitkunas goes out on loan