The Twente Sentinel
Squad14 Dec 2026
A falling-out at Twente
Lars Unnerstall and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words at Twente training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiz Zerrouki is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market14 Dec 2026
Twente promote Tim Depay from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tim Depay 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
Twente promote Robin Strootman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robin Strootman 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.
Market14 Dec 2026
One of our own: Luuk Malen joins the Twente first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luuk Malen is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market14 Dec 2026
Twente promote Wesley Gakpo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wesley Gakpo 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
A bad afternoon for Twente against Feyenoord
0‑1 to Feyenoord, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Thomas van den Belt
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Owen Brobbey faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Owen Brobbey after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
In brief
- Squad Another clean sheet for Lars Unnerstall
- The dugout Koen Oosterhof asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Twente pick somebody else ahead of Hicham El Majhed