The Spartaks Post
Market31 Aug 2026
Spartaks break the bank for Iļja Korotkovs
$250.0K. No player has ever cost Spartaks more, and expectation arrives with him.
Market31 Aug 2026
Tomas Sernas 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 The request is on a desk at Spartaks, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
No thanks: Jovan Zogović rejects the move
Spartaks had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Suduva, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
The town asked, and Spartaks paid $250.0K
Iļja Korotkovs was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $250.0K. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Door shut on Jelani Trevisan
Spartaks asked and Benfica said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Igors Vanins
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Igors Vanins, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Spartaks
Kristaps Gabovs and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
A loan move for Divine Teah is in the works
Spartaks have made the call to Slavia Prague. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
When it matters, Eduards Vanins 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.
In brief
- Squad No place for Iļja Korotkovs in the new shape
- Market The shop window has Roberts Zjuzins in it
- Market Skonto expected to open talks for Olegs Jurkovskis