Devy Hendrikx

Striker - VVV-Venlo
6 Apr 2028
Thursday
Process

Marked for Devy Hendrikx

68 Edition

The VVV-Venlo Post

15 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules Luciano Slagveer out for 31 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason VVV-Venlo will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Squad

Tempers go at VVV-Venlo

Rayan Atikallah 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.

Squad

A row about effort at VVV-Venlo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kenny Prince Redondo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Luuk Verheij gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Glenn Knorr signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Glenn Knorr and VVV-Venlo agree another 4 years.

The dugout

When it matters, Abdallah Aberkane plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market

Luuk Verheij linked with a move away

The name of Luuk Verheij keeps appearing in other people's back pages. VVV-Venlo say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Still no ink between VVV-Venlo and Nassim Aït Mouhou

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at VVV-Venlo, another week without a signature from Nassim Aït Mouhou.

The dugout

Julian Lelieveld has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Julian Lelieveld has written the date down.

In brief

Back issues
27 Edition

The VVV-Venlo Post

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

The knee: Abdallah Aberkane out for 101 days

101 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. VVV-Venlo lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

The dugout

Devy Hendrikx says VVV-Venlo 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.

Boardroom

VVV-Venlo close the window on a squad of their own making

2 in and 0 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Squad

A falling-out at VVV-Venlo

Rayan Atikallah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets

VVV-Venlo rebuffed over Jellert Van Landschoot

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

Match

ADO Den Haag take the points off VVV-Venlo

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

A row about effort at VVV-Venlo

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Philip Heise was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout

Cody Strootman answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at VVV-Venlo

6 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

In brief

11 Edition

The VVV-Venlo Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

The dugout

Bendegúz Kovács keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” VVV-Venlo may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

The step up is real for Bendegúz Kovács

At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.

Squad

A falling-out at VVV-Venlo

Rayan Atikallah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Words at VVV-Venlo training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jordy Bruijn 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.

The dugout

VVV-Venlo keep their word to Rayan Atikallah

Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.

The dugout

No hiding place for Devy Hendrikx

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Devy Hendrikx, and the manager let it.

In brief