The Zwolle Herald
Squad13 Aug 2029
Alseny Cissé damages knee ligaments — 38 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 38 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market13 Aug 2029
Camilo Ordóñez asks to leave Zwolle
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout13 Aug 2029
Camilo Ordóñez says Zwolle 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.
Market13 Aug 2029
Only the photograph left for Joppe Hakstege
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joppe Hakstege will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Zwolle the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom13 Aug 2029
Jeroen De Vrij signs on for the long haul
Zwolle moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Jeroen De Vrij, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad13 Aug 2029
A falling-out at Zwolle
Jakub Moder and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad13 Aug 2029
Real improvement from Wesley Brobbey at Zwolle
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Wesley Brobbey is 17, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Transfer targets13 Aug 2029
Vitesse tell Zwolle: Amos Mpanzu 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.
Boardroom13 Aug 2029
5 academy graduates step up at Zwolle
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
In brief
- Match 3 matches without a goal for Zwolle
- Squad Words at Zwolle training over how hard people work
- Market Zwolle promote Guus Babel from within