The Groningen Courier
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Tika de Jonge: 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.” Groningen have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Nicolás Rossi is a medical away from Groningen
The deal with Dordrecht is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market16 Aug 2027
Emmen come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Groningen did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad16 Aug 2027
7 saves: Etienne Vaessen was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 7 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Groningen
Zinho Vanheusden and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
An offer of $77.0K for Nando Verdoni
Groningen have gone to Go Ahead Eagles with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Groningen
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
A row about effort at Groningen
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Thijmen Blokzijl was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Twente tell Groningen: Naci Ünüvar is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Market Groningen promote Patrick Wijnaldum from within
- Market Groningen promote Ryan Weghorst from within
- Market Memphis Frimpong steps up from the Groningen academy