Marouane Sebbar

Central Defender - Heracles
11 Apr 2027
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Marked for Marouane Sebbar

18 Edition

The Heracles Sentinel

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The dugout

Jeff Reine-Adélaïde keeps the receipts

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

Squad

Branco van den Boomen 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 Heracles this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Player ratings

Naci Ünüvar beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match

Heracles rescue it on 94 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 94. Groningen had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Fabian de Keijzer

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout

A promise honoured for Perr Schuurs

It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Heracles told Perr Schuurs something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.

Squad

Thomas Bruns 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.

Match

Honours even between Heracles and Groningen

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

The dugout

Naci Ünüvar asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
17 Edition

The Heracles Sentinel

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Heracles taken apart

0‑3 to Utrecht, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Squad

A falling-out at Heracles

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

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Mimeirhel Benita

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Heracles dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad

8 new faces, and Heracles 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.

The dugout

Tim Aké answers for it

“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.

Market

A long bet from Heracles on Marouane Sebbar

He is 20, and nobody at Heracles signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

Squad

Marouane Sebbar is a square peg at Heracles

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.

The dugout

Heracles pick somebody else ahead of Gabi Caschili

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief