The Zwolle Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Dex Nieuweweme out for 19 days
19 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Zwolle lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market10 Aug 2026
Zwolle say no — this time
The offer from Twente for Sherel Floranus 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Younes Namli signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Younes Namli and Zwolle agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Zwolle
Younes Namli 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Groningen join the queue for Ryan Thomas
Add another name to the list: Groningen have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Ryan Thomas. The answer from Zwolle has not changed — yet.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Zwolle
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 Zwolle training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thijs Oosting 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 targets10 Aug 2026
Cambuur tell Zwolle: Lucas Jetten 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Tim Lang joins the Zwolle first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tim Lang is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ryan De Ligt joins the Zwolle first team
- The dugout Tobias Sommer gets it from the manager
- Transfer targets A loan move for João Carvalho is in the works