The De Graafschap Post
Market8 Jan 2029
Arjen van der Heide asks to leave De Graafschap
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Kiyani Zeggen turns down De Graafschap
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: AZ keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Player ratings8 Jan 2029
Iker Muñoz goes up and wins it — 7.82
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.82 for the rest of it.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A falling-out at De Graafschap
Luca Oyen and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad8 Jan 2029
A row about effort at De Graafschap
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Iker Muñoz was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets8 Jan 2029
Ajax tell De Graafschap: Mandela Keita is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match6 Jan 2029
Iker Muñoz the difference as De Graafschap beat NEC
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Iker Muñoz. 1‑0 against NEC, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Squad8 Jan 2029
De Graafschap lose Bas Van Dijk
46 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Player ratings8 Jan 2029
The afternoon belonged to Levi Schoppema
A mark of 7.93, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
In brief
- Player ratings Ibrahim El Kadiri beats them one at a time
- The dugout Wesley Clasie: “That is the standard”
- The dugout No hiding place for Nevot Ratner