The De Graafschap Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at De Graafschap
Reuven Niemeijer 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
De Graafschap bid $43.0K for Jimte Scholten
The offer went to Heerenveen 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Roda watching Louka Vanderbruggen
The interest is real enough to have reached print. De Graafschap have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kyano Kwint signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kyano Kwint commits to De Graafschap for another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ibe Hautekiet
De Graafschap asked and Standard Liege 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
De Graafschap promote Denzel Depay from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Denzel Depay 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
Bas Dost steps up from the De Graafschap academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bas Dost 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
One of our own: Ryan Simons joins the De Graafschap first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Simons is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The formation has left Casper Staring behind
Every shape has positions in it and this one does not have his. De Graafschap will either change the shape, change his job, or change his club, and he is waiting to hear which.
In brief
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at De Graafschap
- The dugout Kyano Kwint knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad Jannes Wieckhoff remains an outsider