Aidas Simkus

Central Midfielder - Atlantas
6 Sep 2026
Sunday
Process

Marked for Aidas Simkus

5 Edition

The Atlantas Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Vykintas Jankauskas 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 The request is on a desk at Atlantas, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Mantas Jankauskas 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 Atlantas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Words at Atlantas training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Justas Paulauskas 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.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Atlantas Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Tomas Kazlauskas asks to leave Atlantas

“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.

Squad

Mantas Jankauskas signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mantas Jankauskas and Atlantas agree another 3 years.

Squad

Mantas Jankauskas 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 Atlantas this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Stumbras join the queue for Justas Kuklys

Add another name to the list: Stumbras have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Justas Kuklys. The answer from Atlantas has not changed — yet.

Squad

Mantas Jankauskas 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.

Market

No place for Vykintas Jankauskas in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Vykintas Jankauskas has his answer from Atlantas; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief