The Skonto Gazette
Squad7 Sep 2026
Roberts Laizans breaks a bone — 90 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 90 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market7 Sep 2026
Olegs Kamess 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Naftan join the queue for Nikita Vanins
Add another name to the list: Naftan have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Nikita Vanins. The answer from Skonto has not changed — yet.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Bruno Melnis will join Skonto for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Bruno Melnis has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Skonto have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Rodolphe Ekou 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 Sep 2026
Kaspars Oss out for 15 days
The medical room confirms 15 days on the sidelines for Kaspars Oss, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
In brief
- Market The Olegs Kamess conversation is coming
- Squad This league is too small for Rodolphe Ekou
- Market Skonto and Igors Jagodinskis are talking past each other