The Skonto Gazette
Squad7 Sep 2026
The knee: Bachana Qazaishvili out for 86 days
86 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Skonto lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market7 Sep 2026
Skonto say no — this time
The offer from Liepaja for Davis Kamess was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market7 Sep 2026
Not going: Kaspars Fertovs stays at Skonto
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Ventspils had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market7 Sep 2026
Arturs Cauna 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 The request is on a desk at Skonto, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Sep 2026
So close: Arturs Fertovs’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Daugavpils moved on, Arturs Fertovs reports back to Skonto, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Skonto close the window on a squad of their own making
1 in and 6 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Luka Tasić will not be coming to Skonto
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Zalgiris is saying, and nobody at Skonto is enjoying the guessing.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Marius Klimavicius 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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Spartaks tell Skonto: Vitalijs Rugins is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Squad Marcis Stolcers falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Paulius Novikovas stays put
- The dugout Umar Ekong asks for a word with the manager