The Volendam Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
$5.7M settles it between the clubs for Dylan Vente
Heerenveen have accepted the money. What Volendam do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Volendam rebuffed over Ruben van Bommel
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSV have kept their man, and Volendam go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Tim van der Leij at that price
Volendam offered $860.0K; RKC Waalwijk said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Volendam
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Volendam training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Perr Schuurs 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Volendam promote Tim Gravenberch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tim Gravenberch 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jordy Brobbey joins the Volendam first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jordy Brobbey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Marco Timber steps up from the Volendam academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Timber has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patrick Wijnaldum steps up from the Volendam academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Wijnaldum has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Ozan Kökçü in a row with a teammate
- Squad Perr Schuurs is a square peg at Volendam
- Squad Kayne van Oevelen signs a new deal