The Den Bosch Courier
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
Den Bosch part company with Jeroen Aké
The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Danny Bakker
67 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Den Bosch lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market14 Aug 2028
Koen Schilder has said yes to Emmen
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Den Bosch have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
Jordy Malen minds the shop at Den Bosch
“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Jordy Malen recited it perfectly.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Den Bosch
Deyovaisio Zeefuik was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Den Bosch
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Words at Den Bosch training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Remco Balk 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 targets14 Aug 2028
ADO Den Haag tell Den Bosch: Rafi Wolters 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Den Bosch promote Ryan Strootman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan Strootman has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Steven Klaassen steps up from the Den Bosch academy
- Market Den Bosch promote Donny Dijks from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Denzel Kuijpers