The Jelgava Sentinel
The dugout5 Jul 2027
Igors Dubra says Jelgava went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Jelgava
Eduards Savalnieks and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market5 Jul 2027
Eyes on Vitalijs Tarasovs again
The phone has started ringing about Vitalijs Tarasovs again, and this time the name on the line is Metta/LU. Jelgava are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Words at Jelgava training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Samuel Segun 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.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Intake day at the Jelgava academy
4 arrivals, an average age nobody would call a squad, and a set of parents being shown around a building their sons will spend more time in than at home. The scouting has already happened; today is only the paperwork.
The dugout5 Jul 2027
When it matters, Marcis Rugins plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market5 Jul 2027
Alvis Gabovs runs his contract down
7 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Jelgava money.
Market5 Jul 2027
Alvis Gabovs's agent talks up a move
“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of Alvis Gabovs is not being subtle.
Squad5 Jul 2027
One-to-one work for Alvis Oss
A programme of his own, away from the group, aimed at one thing the staff think is holding him back. Most improvement happens like this and none of it makes the paper.
In brief
- The dugout Aleksandrs Oss keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Chukwuma Osimhen is fit again