The Heerenveen Courier
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Maxence Rivera says Heerenveen went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Player ratings16 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Jacob Trenskow
Successful dribbles: 26. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Medical ends the Lorents Apold-Aasen deal
Everything was agreed with Valerenga and then the doctor spoke. Heerenveen have walked away from a signing on the advice of somebody who never saw him play, which is how it is supposed to work.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Tamble Monteiro
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Heerenveen have done the hard part with Famalicao, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Ringo Meerveld signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ringo Meerveld commits to Heerenveen for another 5 years.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Home is on Maarten Paes's mind
“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Heerenveen are dealing with a man who wants a different country.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
AZ tell Heerenveen: Jakob Breum 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
Heerenveen promote Kenneth Xavi Simons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kenneth Xavi Simons 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 Heerenveen promote Guus Stengs from within
- Market Heerenveen promote Justin Timber from within
- Market One of our own: Patrick Hateboer joins the Heerenveen first team