The Spartaks Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Aleksandrs Stolcers asks to leave Spartaks
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Viktor Smolov 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kristaps Jagodinskis signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kristaps Jagodinskis and Spartaks agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Spartaks training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Roberts Jagodinskis 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Asion Daja
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. Spartaks will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Market3 Aug 2026
No place for Janis Zjuzins in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Janis Zjuzins has his answer from Spartaks; what he does with it is the next window’s story.