The Groningen Courier
Market17 May 2027
Mats Seuntjens has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Groningen they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad17 May 2027
Couhaib Driouech 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.
Squad17 May 2027
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.
Market17 May 2027
Groningen sign Justin Babel, one for the future
Justin Babel is 15, and Groningen have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Market17 May 2027
A long bet from Groningen on Joel De Roon
He is 15, and nobody at Groningen signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 May 2027
Groningen sign Virgil Gravenberch, one for the future
Virgil Gravenberch is 15, and Groningen have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Thom van Bergen
- Squad Hidde Jurjus asks for a word with the manager
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Nils Eggens