The Arka Gdynia Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Edu Espiau out for 126 days
126 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Arka Gdynia lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match8 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Arka Gdynia
A 0‑4 beating by Wisła Płock was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
Squad10 Aug 2026
9 saves: Damian Węglarz was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zaglebie come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Arka Gdynia did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Nick Homan
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Arka Gdynia have done the hard part with AZ, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Arka Gdynia
Vladislavs Gutkovskis 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Arka Gdynia promote Karol Linetty from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Karol Linetty has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Robert Lewandowski steps up from the Arka Gdynia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Lewandowski has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lukasz Frankowski steps up from the Arka Gdynia academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lukasz Frankowski has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Dawid Gojny signs a new deal
- Boardroom Nobody left the Arka Gdynia dressing room in a hurry
- The dugout Szymon Szymanski faces the questions