The Zwolle Herald
Squad14 Aug 2028
The knee: Damian van der Haar out for 106 days
106 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Juan Franco puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zwolle, and it is not being withdrawn.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Door shut on Senna van Elst
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.
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
No thanks: Anton Agafonov rejects the move
Zwolle had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at AZ, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Tom de Graaff 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 Zwolle this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Zwolle
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.
Match12 Aug 2028
3 matches without a goal for Zwolle
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Market14 Aug 2028
One of our own: Frenkie Bergwijn joins the Zwolle first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Frenkie Bergwijn is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Aug 2028
One of our own: Rick Van Dijk joins the Zwolle first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rick Van Dijk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.