The Heerenveen Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Heerenveen say no — this time
The offer from Groningen for Zakaria El Kachati 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.
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
Graduation day at Heerenveen
4 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.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jacob Trenskow gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Virgil Wijnaldum joins the Heerenveen first team
- Market Bas Brobbey steps up from the Heerenveen academy
- Market One of our own: Luuk De Jong joins the Heerenveen first team
- Boardroom Heerenveen spend where nobody can see it