The Groningen Courier
Market16 Aug 2027
Brynjólfur Willumsson hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Groningen can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Groningen baulk at the price for Manfred Ugalde
Heerenveen wanted more than $7.4M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Armin Ćulum is a medical away from Groningen
The deal with Willem II 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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Groningen
Owen Wijndal and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Alexander Lind beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 22. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Che Adams 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Groningen
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
Door shut on Patati
Groningen asked and PSV said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match14 Aug 2027
Groningen find a way past NEC
NEC made Groningen work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Market Marten Weghorst steps up from the Groningen academy
- Market Groningen promote Owen Hateboer from within
- Market Kenneth Babel steps up from the Groningen academy