Siebe Horemans

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27 Aug 2026
Thursday
Process

Marked for Siebe Horemans

4 Edition

The Utrecht Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Siebe Horemans puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Utrecht, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

A brace, and Marius Broholm takes the afternoon — 8.47

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Marius Broholm provided it, and the 8.47 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Utrecht say no — this time

The offer from Ajax for Siebe Horemans 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.

Market

Tijn den Boggende says no to Bodo/Glimt

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Tijn den Boggende had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Squad

Marius Broholm 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 Utrecht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Ajax expected to open talks for Yoann Cathline

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Utrecht will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

Transfer targets

Utrecht rebuffed over Zakaria Atteri

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Eupen have kept their man, and Utrecht go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

Utrecht see off Go Ahead Eagles

Three points for Utrecht, 2‑1 the final word against Go Ahead Eagles in a contest settled by the finer margins.

The terraces

Utrecht supporters have found a favourite in Marius Broholm

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Marius Broholm has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

In brief

  • Squad No place for Rodrigo Aguirre in the new shape
  • The dugout The manager’s verdict
  • Looking ahead Utrecht take on the side everybody is chasing
Back issues
1 Edition

The Utrecht Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Utrecht turn down Go Ahead Eagles for Dani de Wit

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Fabián

Utrecht asked and Paris Saint-Germain 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 targets

Utrecht make their move for Oskar Sivertsen

$3.2M on the table at Go Ahead Eagles. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Kevin Paredes signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Kevin Paredes and Utrecht agree another 5 years.

Squad

Vasilis Barkas 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 Utrecht this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Eyes on Zidane Iqbal again

The phone has started ringing about Zidane Iqbal again, and this time the name on the line is Vitesse. Utrecht are listening politely and promising nothing.

Squad

Tobias Lauritsen is a square peg at Utrecht

The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.

Market

Utrecht and Tobias Lauritsen are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Squad

Victor Jensen 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.

In brief