The NEC Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Thomas Ouwejan out for 99 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason NEC will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market10 Aug 2026
NEC say no — this time
The offer from Utrecht for Koki Ogawa 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Business is business: Noé Lebreton goes
AZ paid $2.7M and NEC took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tjaronn Chery signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tjaronn Chery commits to NEC for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tjaronn Chery 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 NEC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at NEC
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.
In brief
- Market NEC promote Bas Weghorst from within
- Market Wesley Babel steps up from the NEC academy
- Squad Róber falls out with a teammate over standards
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at NEC