The Twente Sentinel
Squad14 Aug 2028
A fracture rules Lars Unnerstall out for 19 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.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Real improvement from Skye Vink at Twente
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Skye Vink is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Aug 2028
A falling-out at Twente
Wout Weghorst and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market14 Aug 2028
Rai Vloet comes home
The shirt still fits. Rai Vloet is back at Twente, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Late improvement for Taylor Booth
At 27 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 4 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
2 academy graduates step up at Twente
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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Twente promote Teun Malen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Teun Malen 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Twente promote Rick Gravenberch from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rick Gravenberch 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.
Market14 Aug 2028
Patrick Dumfries steps up from the Twente academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick Dumfries 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.
In brief
- Match Twente come up short against Feyenoord
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Taylor Booth
- Boardroom Twente board go back on their word