The Sparta Rotterdam Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sparta Rotterdam baulk at the price for Jorthy Mokio
Ajax wanted more than $1.5M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Sparta Rotterdam go back to the board over Jorthy Mokio
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.6M — a club that wants Jorthy Mokio enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Emre Ünüvar due for a Sparta Rotterdam medical
Everything agreed with Ajax, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sparta Rotterdam sign Alen Dizdarević for $510.0K
The paperwork is done: Alen Dizdarević joins from Helmond Sport in a deal worth $510.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mitchell van Bergen signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Mitchell van Bergen and Sparta Rotterdam agree another 3 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Sparta Rotterdam
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
A falling-out at Sparta Rotterdam
Lance Duijvestijn and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Max Dean
Sparta Rotterdam asked and KAA Gent 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
One of our own: Calvin De Roon joins the Sparta Rotterdam first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Calvin De Roon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Patrick Depay steps up from the Sparta Rotterdam academy
- Market Sparta Rotterdam promote Guus Malen from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Alwande Roaldsøy