The Twente Sentinel
Squad26 Apr 2027
A fracture rules Lars Unnerstall out for 33 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Twente will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings26 Apr 2027
Age has not caught Ricky van Wolfswinkel yet — 7.97
At 38 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.97 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words at Twente training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ramiz Zerrouki is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match24 Apr 2027
At last: Twente win one
6 matches without a win, and then this, against Telstar. Relief is a strange noise in a football ground and it was the only noise at the end.
Match24 Apr 2027
Karim Konaté sends Twente past Telstar
It finished 3‑1, and it was Karim Konaté’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Twente.
The terraces26 Apr 2027
One of their own: Karim Konaté
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Market26 Apr 2027
Twente promote Bas Simons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bas Simons 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
Kenneth Gravenberch steps up from the Twente academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kenneth Gravenberch 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.
Market26 Apr 2027
Twente promote Arnaut Blind from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arnaut Blind 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 Twente promote Patrick Weghorst from within
- Player ratings One of those days for Ramiz Zerrouki
- Player ratings A masterclass from Karim Konaté