The Spartaks Post
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kristaps Laizans signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kristaps Laizans and Spartaks agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Spartaks
Aleksandrs Cauna 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 targets3 Aug 2026
Spartaks rebuffed over Viktorio Valkov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Beroe have kept their man, and Spartaks go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
A loan move for Ilya Sviridenko is in the works
Spartaks have made the call to Minsk. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Aleksandrs Cauna 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Spartaks
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Arturs Ikaunieks was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Market Kaspars Stolcers is free to find somewhere else
- Squad Spartaks give Aleksandrs Cauna the armband
- Market The shop window has Nikita Jurkovskis in it