The AZ Gazette
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
AZ bid $7.0M for Kaj Sierhuis
The offer went to Emmen this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Calvin Stengs runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 29. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Alonzo Engwanda: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” AZ have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market16 Aug 2027
Leeds United watching Nikola Vlašić
The interest is real enough to have reached print. AZ have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
AZ go back to the board over Kaj Sierhuis
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $7.8M — a club that wants Kaj Sierhuis enough to be asked twice.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at AZ
7 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.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
One of their own: Isak Jensen
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.
Market16 Aug 2027
AZ promote Patrick Van de Beek from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Van de Beek 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
AZ promote Denzel Frimpong from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Denzel Frimpong 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 AZ promote Patrick Hateboer from within
- Match Nikola Vlašić the difference as AZ beat Telstar
- Squad Isak Jensen falls out with a teammate over standards