The Almere City Chronicle
Squad16 Aug 2027
Byron Burgering breaks a bone — 96 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 96 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Misha Engel keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Almere City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Match14 Aug 2027
5 matches without a win for Almere City
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Almere City are no longer polite ones.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
A new deal for Marco Gakpo
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Almere City
Junior Kadile and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Almere City
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 Almere City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Emmanuel van de Blaak 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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
VVV-Venlo tell Almere City: Lasse Wehmeyer 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.
Market16 Aug 2027
Arnaut Van Dijk steps up from the Almere City academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Arnaut Van Dijk 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
- Market Almere City promote Luuk Lang from within
- Market Daley Xavi Simons steps up from the Almere City academy
- Market Tim Van Dijk steps up from the Almere City academy