The Heerenveen Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ringo Meerveld signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ringo Meerveld and Heerenveen agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcus Linday 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 Heerenveen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Heerenveen
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
Ringo Meerveld falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Denzel Strootman steps up from the Heerenveen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Denzel Strootman has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heerenveen promote Daley Malen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daley Malen 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 One of our own: Nathan Lang joins the Heerenveen first team
- Market Tim Van Dijk steps up from the Heerenveen academy
- Squad The manager makes an example of Luca Oyen
- Boardroom Heerenveen spend where nobody can see it