The Almere City Chronicle
Market28 Jun 2027
Almere City turn down Fortuna Sittard for Ferdy Druijf
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
The paperwork begins on Rodrigo Huescas
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Almere City have done the hard part with FC Copenhagen, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Words exchanged at Almere City
Junior Kadile 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.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Words at Almere City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Timothy Fosu-Mensah 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.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
Almere City rebuffed over Lucas Rosa
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ajax have kept their man, and Almere City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad28 Jun 2027
Almere City lose Kevin Pool
28 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Transfer targets28 Jun 2027
Almere City ask about Simon Kalambayi
A loan enquiry to RWDM: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Squad28 Jun 2027
William Clem needs a bigger stage
He is doing things every Saturday that nobody around him can answer. It is flattering for a season and a problem after that, and Almere City know which stage they are at.
The dugout28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Tiziano Vianello
“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.
In brief
- Market William Clem arrives on loan
- Market The Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp story refuses to die
- The dugout Enzo Cornelisse has been promised minutes