The Jelgava Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Vladimirs Jurkovskis asks to leave Jelgava
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Jelgava
Kaspars Ciganovs 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Daniel Krch 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Daniel Krch has outgrown this division
There is a level at which a footballer stops being tested and starts being contained, and he reached it some time ago. Jelgava know it, and so does everybody who watches him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Eduards Vanins stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Eduards Vanins and Jelgava agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
Aleksandrs Bulvitis is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Jelgava has been clear about where Aleksandrs Bulvitis stands, which is more than many ever get.
In brief
- Market Jelgava bring in an old head
- Market The clock runs on Eduards Vanins's contract