The Groningen Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Groningen turn down Ajax for Mats Seuntjens
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thijmen Blokzijl attracts admirers
The name of Thijmen Blokzijl has come up in conversations Groningen were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stije Resink stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stije Resink and Groningen agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mats Seuntjens 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 Groningen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Groningen
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
Words at Groningen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stije Resink 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.
In brief
- Squad Oskar Zawada gets it from the manager
- Market Georginio Weghorst steps up from the Groningen academy
- Market Owen De Jong steps up from the Groningen academy
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Groningen