The NEC Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
NEC turn down VVV-Venlo for Gonzalo Crettaz
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $3.1M for Irakli Yegoian
NEC have gone to Excelsior with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $780.0K for Flor Van Den Eynden
NEC have gone to Helmond Sport with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
NEC go back to the board over Flor Van Den Eynden
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $834.4K — a club that wants Flor Van Den Eynden enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tjaronn Chery signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Tjaronn Chery commits to NEC for another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gonzalo Crettaz 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 NEC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
2 academy players handed senior numbers at NEC
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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Jetro Willems again
The phone has started ringing about Jetro Willems again, and this time the name on the line is Sparta Rotterdam. NEC are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jeroen De Ligt joins the NEC first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jeroen De Ligt is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market NEC promote Wout De Jong from within
- Squad 7 new faces, and NEC are still learning each other
- The dugout Tjaronn Chery asks for a word with the manager