The RKC Waalwijk Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Luca Everink arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Luca Everink has, at RKC Waalwijk, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market10 Aug 2026
NEC come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and RKC Waalwijk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Daniel Lajud is a medical away from RKC Waalwijk
The deal with Roda is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jean-Paul Boëtius 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 RKC Waalwijk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
RKC Waalwijk rebuffed over Sam Lammers
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. PSV have kept their man, and RKC Waalwijk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patrick Lang steps up from the RKC Waalwijk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Lang 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daley Wijnaldum joins the RKC Waalwijk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daley 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
Wout Dijks steps up from the RKC Waalwijk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Wout Dijks 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nazjir Held signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nazjir Held and RKC Waalwijk agree another 5 years.
In brief
- Squad Words at RKC Waalwijk training over how hard people work
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at RKC Waalwijk
- The dugout Nazjir Held knocks on the manager's door