The NAC Breda Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
The knee: Max Balard out for 49 days
49 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. NAC Breda lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at NAC Breda
André Ayew 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
2 academy players handed senior numbers at NAC Breda
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
Charles Andreas Brym stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Charles Andreas Brym and NAC Breda agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Dylan Vente
NAC Breda asked and Heerenveen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tim Lang steps up from the NAC Breda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Tim Lang has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
NAC Breda promote Quincy Wijnaldum from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Quincy Wijnaldum has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no ink between NAC Breda and André Ayew
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at NAC Breda, another week without a signature from André Ayew.
Market10 Aug 2026
48 months and counting on Leo Greiml
Still no offer on the table, and Leo Greiml’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at NAC Breda
- The dugout No hiding place for Rio Hillen
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at NAC Breda