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103 Edition

The Heerenveen Courier

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market17 Jul 2028

Heerenveen turn down PSV for Shaqueel van Persie

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Market17 Jul 2028

Heerenveen spend $8.2M to raise the standard

This is not cover and nobody is pretending it is. $8.2M has been paid because Hugo Cuypers is straightforwardly better than what was already here, and the club has decided to stop waiting.

Market17 Jul 2028

Maikey Houwaart 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 Heerenveen can pretend not to have heard.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Words exchanged at Heerenveen

Hugo Cuypers 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.

Market17 Jul 2028

A long bet from Heerenveen on Pharell Nash

He is 20, and nobody at Heerenveen signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.

The terraces17 Jul 2028

The town asked, and Heerenveen paid $8.2M

Hugo Cuypers was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $8.2M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Heerenveen rebuffed over Thibaud Verlinden

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. OH Leuven have kept their man, and Heerenveen go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Memphis Lang stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Memphis Lang and Heerenveen agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout17 Jul 2028

When it matters, Dirk Proper plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

In brief

Back issues
92 Edition

The Heerenveen Courier

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings1 May 2028

Oliver Edvardsen beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 39. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad1 May 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Ávila

113 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Heerenveen lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Match1 May 2028

Heerenveen finish in position 7

46 points, and the season has a number on it. Whatever it felt like from the inside, this is what it will look like in a book.

Squad1 May 2028

Oliver Edvardsen 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 Heerenveen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match29 Apr 2028

Whatever happens, Heerenveen do not lose

7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad1 May 2028

Maas Willemsen signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maas Willemsen and Heerenveen agree another 4 years.

The dugout1 May 2028

Marcus Linday gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Market1 May 2028

Memphis Lang steps up from the Heerenveen academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Memphis 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.

Market1 May 2028

Ryan Xavi Simons steps up from the Heerenveen academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ryan Xavi Simons 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.

In brief