Ryan Metu

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Groningen
25 Jun 2028
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Marked for Ryan Metu

89 Edition

The Groningen Courier

10 Apr 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Apr 2028

Sem Steijn has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Groningen can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad10 Apr 2028

A falling-out at Groningen

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

The dugout10 Apr 2028

No hiding place for Sem Steijn

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

Squad10 Apr 2028

Marvin Peersman 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.

Player ratings10 Apr 2028

Jakub Moder in the eights

A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match8 Apr 2028

Groningen rescue it on 87 minutes

Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 87. Utrecht had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.

Squad10 Apr 2028

Nils Eggens stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Nils Eggens and Groningen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout10 Apr 2028

Oskar Zawada gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Oskar Zawada is on it.

Match8 Apr 2028

Groningen and Utrecht take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

Back issues
74 Edition

The Groningen Courier

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match25 Dec 2027

No end in sight to Groningen's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Groningen has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad27 Dec 2027

A falling-out at Groningen

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

Match25 Dec 2027

A bad afternoon for Groningen against Sparta Rotterdam

0‑1 to Sparta Rotterdam, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Marvin Peersman 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.

The dugout27 Dec 2027

Espen van Ee 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.

Match27 Dec 2027

The half-term report on Groningen

Position 15, 16 points, and every result so far reduced to one line. The second half of the season starts with the same squad and a different set of expectations.

Player ratings27 Dec 2027

Fofin Turay beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad27 Dec 2027

Ryan Metu signs on for more

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

The dugout27 Dec 2027

Groningen keep their word to Gyan de Regt

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.

In brief