The Heerenveen Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Yorbe Vertessen arrives at Heerenveen in a $5.2M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Heerenveen have paid $5.2M for Yorbe Vertessen, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Heerenveen rebuffed over Rick Meissen
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Excelsior have kept their man, and Heerenveen go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Heerenveen go back to the board over Jorthy Mokio
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.6M — a club that wants Jorthy Mokio enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tom Bramel due for a Heerenveen 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
Ringo Meerveld signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ringo Meerveld and Heerenveen agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ringo Meerveld in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Heerenveen this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Heerenveen
5 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 terraces10 Aug 2026
$5.2M for Yorbe Vertessen, and Heerenveen supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Yorbe Vertessen from Red Bull Salzburg for $5.2M, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Market10 Aug 2026
Heerenveen promote Patrick De Jong from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick De Jong 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 One of our own: Memphis Frimpong joins the Heerenveen first team
- Market One of our own: Nathan Van de Beek joins the Heerenveen first team
- Squad Marcus Linday falls out with a teammate over standards