The AZ Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
AZ say no — this time
The offer from ADO Den Haag for Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Troy Parrott attracts admirers
The name of Troy Parrott has come up in conversations AZ were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jordy Clasie stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jordy Clasie and AZ agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at AZ
Patati 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at AZ
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 AZ training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Seiya Maikuma 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
- Market One of our own: Wout Clasie joins the AZ first team
- Market One of our own: Cody Xavi Simons joins the AZ first team
- Squad Jordy Clasie knocks on the manager’s door
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at AZ