The Twente Sentinel
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
$25.1M settles it between the clubs for Leonardo Campana
Spezia have accepted the money. What Twente do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Match14 Aug 2027
Nowhere to hide for Twente
0‑3 against PSV, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Lars Unnerstall stands alone
8 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Marko Pjaca: 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.” Twente have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Door shut on Keisuke Osako
Twente asked and Feyenoord said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Twente
Ramiz Zerrouki 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Twente
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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Words at Twente training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Myron Boadu 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
One of our own: Frenkie Dijks joins the Twente first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Frenkie Dijks is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Wesley Blind joins the Twente first team
- Market Marco Depay steps up from the Twente academy
- Market Tim Strootman steps up from the Twente academy