The Heracles Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Jeroen Houwen due for a Heracles 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Djevencio van der Kust signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Djevencio van der Kust and Heracles agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Heracles
Alec Van Hoorenbeeck and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Daniël Deen gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Daniël Deen has just signed for Heracles, and for once the answer mattered.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Heracles
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
Djevencio van der Kust falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
KAA Gent tell Heracles: Moctar Diop is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heracles promote Nathan Wijnaldum from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Wijnaldum 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
Frenkie Dijks steps up from the Heracles academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Frenkie Dijks 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: Georginio Wijnaldum joins the Heracles first team
- Market Heracles promote Robin Aké from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Tristan van Gilst