The ADO Den Haag Chronicle
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Nigel Thomas was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Diogo Tomás: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” ADO Den Haag have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
ADO Den Haag make their move for Corean Drost
$560.0K on the table at Zwolle. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
No thanks: Iván Villar rejects the move
ADO Den Haag had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Valencia, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at ADO Den Haag
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
ADO Den Haag rebuffed over Nordin Jackers
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Club Brugge have kept their man, and ADO Den Haag go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Virgil De Jong joins the ADO Den Haag first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Virgil De Jong is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Denzel Aké joins the ADO Den Haag first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denzel Aké is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Aug 2027
ADO Den Haag promote Teun Bergwijn from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teun Bergwijn 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 ADO Den Haag promote Wesley Weghorst from within
- Match Willem II take the points off ADO Den Haag
- Boardroom ADO Den Haag let a promise lapse