The Heracles Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Rafael Nel rejects the move
Heracles had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Sporting CP, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Djevencio van der Kust signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Djevencio van der Kust and Heracles agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Heracles
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Djevencio van der Kust 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Maarten Paes
Heracles asked and Ajax said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heracles promote Quincy Simons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Quincy Simons 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
Heracles promote Kenneth Frimpong from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenneth Frimpong 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
Heracles promote Patrick Van Dijk from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Van Dijk 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
One of our own: Calvin Berghuis joins the Heracles first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Calvin Berghuis is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets Heracles try to borrow Elias Baum
- Transfer targets Heracles try to borrow Kojo Peprah Oppong
- The dugout No hiding place for Rhys Bozinovski