The Stumbras Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Arnas Slavickas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arnas Slavickas and Stumbras agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Stumbras
Lukas Kuklys 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Lukas Kuklys
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tadas Vaitkunas 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Edvinas Eliosius told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Edvinas Eliosius has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Stumbras.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Stumbras and Ignas Girdvainis
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Stumbras, another week without a signature from Ignas Girdvainis.
In brief
- Market Rokas Klimavicius goes looking for football
- Market Mantas Novikovas goes out on loan