The Groningen Courier
Market13 Aug 2029
Juan Dinenno hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Groningen can pretend not to have heard.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Travis Hernes keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Groningen may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Jonny out for 90 days
The medical room confirms 90 days on the sidelines for Jonny, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Match11 Aug 2029
The wait goes on for Groningen
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Groningen
Stije Resink 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Teun Van Dijk is a Groningen player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market13 Aug 2029
As if he never left: Nathan Strootman returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Nathan Strootman is a Groningen player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market13 Aug 2029
Daley Dijks comes home
The shirt still fits. Daley Dijks is back at Groningen, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Match11 Aug 2029
Groningen come up short against NEC
NEC left with the points after a 3‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Squad The manager makes an example of Juan Dinenno
- Player ratings One of those days for Gael Noorden
- Player ratings A masterclass from Tika de Jonge