The Emmen Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Emmen make their move for Maarten Paes
$4.1M on the table at Ajax. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Soufiane Hetli due for a Emmen medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Percy Mabunda rejects the move
Emmen had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Ajax Cape Town, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Emmen
1 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 row about effort at Emmen
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kaj Sierhuis was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ken Nkuba
Emmen asked and Racing Genk 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
Words exchanged at Emmen
Agon Sadiku 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Justin Bergwijn steps up from the Emmen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Justin Bergwijn 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Owen Van de Beek steps up from the Emmen academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Owen Van de Beek 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
- Market One of our own: Bas Blind joins the Emmen first team
- Market One of our own: Robin Wijnaldum joins the Emmen first team
- Squad Joshua Mukeh signs on for more