The Twente Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Twente say no — this time
The offer from Zwolle for Bart van Rooij was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mohammed Fuseini due for a Twente medical
Everything agreed with Union SG, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market10 Aug 2026
Joël Drommel says no to St. Pauli
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Joël Drommel had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $3.7M for Irakli Yegoian
Twente have gone to Excelsior with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Thibaud Verlinden
Twente asked and OH Leuven said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bart van Rooij wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Twente hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Bart van Rooij signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Bart van Rooij commits to Twente for another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Lars Unnerstall in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Twente this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Twente
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Squad Stav Lemkin wants to go home
- Market One of our own: Ryan Babel joins the Twente first team
- Squad No place for Rai Vloet in the new shape