The Heracles Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Heracles turn down AZ for Luka Kulenović
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Marcos Echeverría would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Marcos Echeverría is living that version at Heracles, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Djevencio van der Kust signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Djevencio van der Kust and Heracles agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Heracles
Jeff Reine-Adélaïde 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Heracles
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Djevencio van der Kust gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Nathan Stengs joins the Heracles first team
- Market Heracles promote Rick Klaassen from within
- Market Virgil De Roon steps up from the Heracles academy
- Boardroom Heracles spend it where nobody looks