The Spartaks Post
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Samir Memišević says Spartaks went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market8 Jan 2029
Albert Hilary 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.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A falling-out at Spartaks
Alvis Tarasovs and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Samir Memišević 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.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Door shut on Igors Stolcers
Spartaks asked and Skonto said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Spartaks ask about Andriy Korobenko
A loan enquiry to Liepaja: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Market8 Jan 2029
A long bet from Spartaks on Simon Kobel
He is 18, and nobody at Spartaks signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad8 Jan 2029
Simon Kobel signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Simon Kobel and Spartaks agree another 3 years.
The dugout8 Jan 2029
Igors Vanins 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Connor Reilly
- Squad Simon Kobel is a square peg at Spartaks
- Boardroom Open for business: Spartaks enter the window