The TOP Oss Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Julian Oerip due for a TOP Oss medical
Everything agreed with AZ, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nick Twisk signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Nick Twisk and TOP Oss agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kevin van Ouytsel
TOP Oss asked and AZ said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stijn Meijer 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 TOP Oss this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
TOP Oss promote Ryan Simons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan 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
One of our own: Robin Babel joins the TOP Oss first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Robin Babel 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
One of our own: Patrick Van Dijk joins the TOP Oss first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Van Dijk 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
One of our own: Jeroen De Jong joins the TOP Oss first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jeroen De Jong is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nick Twisk is a square peg at TOP Oss
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- Squad 6 new faces, and TOP Oss are still learning each other
- The dugout Kas de Wit gets it from the manager
- The dugout Maurilio de Lannoy knocks on the manager’s door