The ADO Den Haag Chronicle
The dugout11 Aug 2031
Lautaro Vázquez says ADO Den Haag went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Boardroom11 Aug 2031
A new deal for Daley Promes
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Transfer targets11 Aug 2031
Yme Bruinsma is a medical away from ADO Den Haag
The deal with Cambuur is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad11 Aug 2031
A falling-out at ADO Den Haag
Wouter Goes and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets11 Aug 2031
Door shut on Sebastiaan Hagedoorn
ADO Den Haag asked and Groningen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom11 Aug 2031
Graduation day at ADO Den Haag
13 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.
Market11 Aug 2031
ADO Den Haag promote Jasper Gravenberch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jasper Gravenberch 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.
Market11 Aug 2031
One of our own: Virgil Promes joins the ADO Den Haag first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Virgil Promes is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market11 Aug 2031
ADO Den Haag promote Teun Stengs from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teun Stengs 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.
In brief
- Market ADO Den Haag promote Patrick Dijks from within
- The dugout Xavello Druiventak gets it from the manager
- Squad A row about effort at ADO Den Haag