The Spartaks Post
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Spartaks
Maksim Muratov 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Spartaks
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mory Cissé was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Grigory Baranov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Spartaks will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Aleksandrs Gabovs asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market28 Sep 2026
Spartaks put Gatis Cauna up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Gatis Cauna may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market28 Sep 2026
The Aleksandrs Gabovs talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Spartaks know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Maksim Muratov
- Squad Janis Gabovs is training like a man with a point to make
- Squad a squad player back in training
- Loan watch Eduards Savalnieks's loan at Botosani nearly up