The Groningen Courier
Squad3 Aug 2026
Marvin Peersman stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Marvin Peersman and Groningen agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Groningen
Marvin Peersman and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Groningen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jorg Schreuders 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Gustaf Nilsson
Groningen asked and Club Brugge said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market3 Aug 2026
36 months and counting on Etienne Vaessen
Still no offer on the table, and Etienne Vaessen’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
9 new faces, and Groningen are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- The dugout Oskar Zawada asks for a word with the manager
- Market Dirk Baron leaves for nothing
- Market Stijn Petiet leaves for nothing
- Market Joop Oosterhof leaves for nothing