The Zwolle Herald
Market13 Aug 2029
Tom de Graaff puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zwolle, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market13 Aug 2029
Marten Gakpo has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Zwolle they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match11 Aug 2029
4 matches without a win for Zwolle
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Zwolle are no longer polite ones.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Tempers go at Zwolle
Younes Namli 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
As if he never left: Teun De Roon returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Teun De Roon is a Zwolle player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market13 Aug 2029
As if he never left: Ryan Babel returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Ryan Babel is a Zwolle player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Jay Amour signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jay Amour and Zwolle agree another 3 years.
Match11 Aug 2029
Zwolle come up short against Utrecht
Utrecht left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad13 Aug 2029
No hiding place for Roy Leicester
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roy Leicester, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Tom de Graaff lets one through his hands
- Player ratings The one thing Jhonier Blanco could not do
- Player ratings Gabriël Reiziger runs at them all day