The Spartaks Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Spartaks turn down Metta/LU for Gatis Jagodinskis
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ventspils join the queue for Arturs Gabovs
Add another name to the list: Ventspils have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Arturs Gabovs. The answer from Spartaks has not changed — yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Rodolphe Ekou
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Spartaks have done the hard part with Liepaja, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcis Bulvitis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Marcis Bulvitis and Spartaks agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcis Bulvitis 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Spartaks training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kaspars Stolcers is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Vitalijs Kamess
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vitalijs Kamess, and the manager let it.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Marcis Bulvitis 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Mory Cissé in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Spartaks are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Market Spartaks bring in Mory Cissé on loan
- Market Arturs Jurkovskis placed on the list