The Groningen Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Groningen turn down Ajax for Mats Seuntjens
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stije Resink stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stije Resink and Groningen agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mats Seuntjens 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 Groningen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Groningen
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 Groningen training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Stije Resink 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Thijmen Blokzijl
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Virgil Van de Beek joins the Groningen first team
- Market Groningen promote Justin Wijnaldum from within
- Market Wout Weghorst steps up from the Groningen academy
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Groningen