The NEC Chronicle
Transfer targets14 Aug 2028
Fee done, terms next for Jeremiah Esajas
NEC and AZ have settled on $1.7M. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Match12 Aug 2028
6 matches without a win for NEC
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around NEC are no longer polite ones.
The dugout14 Aug 2028
Jeffrey Gouweleeuw: 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.” NEC have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Gonzalo Crettaz in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at NEC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Words at NEC training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jerry St. Juste 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.
Boardroom14 Aug 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at NEC
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad14 Aug 2028
Goal number 100 for Dylan Vente
100 goals in these colours now, every one of them somebody’s memory. There is a supporter in the stand who can tell you where he was for most of them.
Market14 Aug 2028
NEC promote Marco Timber from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Marco Timber 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
NEC promote Calvin Hateboer from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Calvin Hateboer 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 Jasper Dumfries steps up from the NEC academy
- Market One of our own: Georginio Klaassen joins the NEC first team
- Match NEC rescue it on 94 minutes