The Trakai Courier
Market7 Sep 2026
Tadas Dubickas asks to leave Trakai
“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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 5 in, 3 out at Trakai
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 5 arrived, 3 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Trakai
Nenad Nikić 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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No deal for Nedas Klimavičius at that price
Trakai offered $15.0K; Zalgiris said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Daniel Erceg stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Erceg and Trakai agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A step back for Darius Kuklys at Trakai
Somebody has moved past him. It is not a dropping and it is worse than one, because a dropping is about a Saturday and this is about where he stands.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Arnas Barauskas 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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Ignas Cernych
“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.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Daniel Erceg asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Market Justas Jankauskas leaves for nothing
- Market The market said no: Karolis Slavickas stays put