The Spartaks Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Spartaks say no — this time
The offer from Astrakhan for Eduards Savalnieks was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Viktor Smolov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Viktor Smolov and Spartaks agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Hendrickx in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Spartaks this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daugavpils watching Aleksandrs Bulvitis
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Spartaks have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Spartaks training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Idriz Batha 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Pavels Jagodinskis gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market Arturs Tarasovs is free to find somewhere else
- Market Spartaks bring in an old head