The Zwolle Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Elias Sørensen damages knee ligaments — 21 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 21 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zwolle bid $8.6M for Bart van Rooij
The offer went to Twente this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Bohdan Budko
Zwolle asked and AZ said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Zwolle go back to the board over Bart van Rooij
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $9.0M — a club that wants Bart van Rooij enough to be asked twice.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Zwolle make their move for Rion Ichihara
$220.0K on the table at AZ. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Zwolle
Anselmo García Mac Nulty and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Zwolle
4 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Anselmo García Mac Nulty
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Anselmo García Mac Nulty, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Jasper Berghuis joins the Zwolle first team
- Market One of our own: Denzel Promes joins the Zwolle first team
- Market Bas De Jong steps up from the Zwolle academy