The AZ Gazette
Squad24 May 2027
Words exchanged at AZ
Calvin Stengs and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad24 May 2027
A row about effort at AZ
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Patati was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch24 May 2027
Kiyani Zeggen wants to come home
“I did not go to Feyenoord to sit and watch. I want to come back to AZ and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 41 matches say the rest.
The dugout24 May 2027
Niklas Vesterlund 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.
The dugout24 May 2027
Peer Koopmeiners has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at AZ will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad24 May 2027
Stije Resink wants out of the spotlight
The ambition story running the other way, and the one nobody tells: a footballer asking for a smaller stage, fewer cameras and a crowd that does not turn. It is not weakness and it is very rarely reported as anything else.
Loan watch24 May 2027
Bendegúz Kovács keeps scoring at Fatih Karagumruk
11 appearances away from home and 7 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Market24 May 2027
The Patati question follows AZ around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Patati’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout24 May 2027
Ro-Zangelo Daal 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
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Matěj Šín’s exile
- The dugout A door opens for Jordy Clasie
- Squad Saviola Simons wants out of the dugout