The Emmen Herald
Squad14 Jun 2027
The knee: Bart Nieuwkoop out for 38 days
38 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Emmen lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout14 Jun 2027
Tijn Joosten keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Emmen may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market14 Jun 2027
Alessandro Hojabrpour puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Emmen, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market14 Jun 2027
Siegert Baartmans is a Emmen player
The fee is $260.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Willem II drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Emmen
Kaj Sierhuis 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.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Emmen rebuffed over Haissem Hassan
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. AZ have kept their man, and Emmen go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Joshua Mukeh 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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Stan van Manen stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stan van Manen and Emmen agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets14 Jun 2027
Emmen ask about Deiver Machado
A loan enquiry to Monaco: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Esmir Bajraktarević is in the works
- The dugout No hiding place for Juliën Mesbahi
- The dugout Luca Plogmann knocks on the manager's door