The Skonto Gazette
Squad7 Dec 2026
Igors Jagodinskis breaks a bone — 38 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Olegs Fertovs stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Olegs Fertovs and Skonto agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market7 Dec 2026
Jānis Grīnbergs is a Skonto player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Filip Frei 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 Skonto this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Skonto 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.
Market7 Dec 2026
Skonto and José Ferrer are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Market José Ferrer joins Skonto to strengthen the squad
- Market Bruno Melnis joins Skonto on a free