The NAC Breda Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Daley Sinkgraven would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Daley Sinkgraven is living that version at NAC Breda, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at NAC Breda
André Ayew was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at NAC Breda
5 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
Charles Andreas Brym stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Charles Andreas Brym and NAC Breda agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Dylan Vente
NAC Breda asked and Heerenveen 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
Ryan Strootman steps up from the NAC Breda academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ryan Strootman 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
NAC Breda promote Steven Berghuis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven Berghuis 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
NAC Breda promote Robin Dijks from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Robin Dijks 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: Guus Dumfries joins the NAC Breda first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guus Dumfries is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at NAC Breda
- Transfer targets NAC Breda ask about Jorthy Mokio
- The dugout Cherrion Valerius gets it from the manager