The Skonto Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
Roberts Laizans breaks a bone — 97 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 97 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market31 Aug 2026
The unthinkable, invoiced: Vladimirs Gabovs sold
Spartaks arrived with $160.0K and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Supporters turn on the $160.0K sale of Vladimirs Gabovs
He is going to Spartaks, the club has $160.0K it did not have on Friday, and the phone-ins have already decided how they feel about that. Selling well and selling somebody they loved are not the same skill.
Market31 Aug 2026
Gatis Laizans hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Skonto can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Skonto
Roberts Laizans was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Skonto lose Vladimirs Vanins
35 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
In brief
- Squad Words at Skonto training over how hard people work
- Market Eyes on Marcis Tarasovs again
- Market Rodolphe Ekou arrives on loan