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According to the official Edinburgh website, one of the best Lithuanian football players and a striker for the national team is returning to FBK.
UEFA Champions League winner with Porto club E. Jankauskas is leaving a club that is currently in second place in the Scottish league for officially undisclosed reasons. However, the Scottish media rushed to report that the Lithuanian was forced to act this way due to a conflict with the recently appointed head coach of Hearts, Valdas Ivanauskas.
As reported by "The Scotsman," E. Jankauskas and V. Ivanauskas clashed during a Friday morning training session due to old conflicts from their time playing together in the Lithuanian national team. It is said that E. Jankauskas was very unhappy that on October 11, 1995, during a match against the Estonian national team, in which the Lithuanians crushed the opponents 5-0, V. Ivanauskas, then playing for Hamburger SV, scored the fifth goal as the ball was rolling towards the goal after E. Jankauskas' shot.
E. Jankauskas, who has scored eight goals this season, leaving is expected to be a significant loss for the Hearts team, who will face another Edinburgh team, Hibernian, in the semifinals of the Scottish Cup on Sunday. It is believed that in this match, the young Calum Elliot will replace the Lithuanian in the starting lineup.
As reported by "The Scotsman," E. Jankauskas will return to the Lithuanian vice-champion club at the request of both teams' owner Vladimir Romanov, as the Lithuanian officially joined Hearts on a loan agreement from FBK Kaunas.
