The Roda Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dario Van Den Buijs 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 Roda this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Roda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anthony van den Hurk 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Roda rebuffed over Sam Lammers
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSV have kept their man, and Roda go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Tim Wijnaldum joins the Roda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tim Wijnaldum is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Roda promote Arnaut Babel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arnaut Babel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Roda promote Wesley Malen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wesley 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jordy Hateboer steps up from the Roda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jordy Hateboer 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Roda ask about Emre Ünüvar
A loan enquiry to Ajax: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
No investment in the facilities at Roda
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.
In brief
- Squad No place for Joane Gadou in the new shape
- Squad Dario Van Den Buijs has seen what the next man earns
- Looking ahead Roda travel to Dordrecht