The Volendam Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Aaron Meijers out for 98 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Volendam will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Volendam make their move for Ferdy Druijf
$4.3M on the table at Almere City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Volendam rebuffed over Iqraam Rayners
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Mamelodi Sundowns have kept their man, and Volendam go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Soufiane Hetli 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. Soufiane Hetli is living that version at Volendam, and it tends to show in the first month.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Benjamin Bouchouari turns down Volendam
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Trabzonspor keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Volendam
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Damian van Bruggen 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 Volendam this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Volendam promote Memphis Aké from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Memphis Aké 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
Volendam promote Owen De Roon from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Owen De Roon 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.
In brief
- Market Owen Gakpo steps up from the Volendam academy
- Market One of our own: Jasper Klaassen joins the Volendam first team
- Squad Kayne van Oevelen signs a new deal