The Cambuur Post
Market28 May 2029
Rik Mulders hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Cambuur can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout28 May 2029
Iwan Henstra: 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.” Cambuur have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad28 May 2029
Mathieu Maertens 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 Cambuur this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad28 May 2029
Ismaël Baouf falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout28 May 2029
Ozan Kökçü knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Ozan Kökçü trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market28 May 2029
Cambuur put Damy Bernardina up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Damy Bernardina may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market28 May 2029
Thijs Jansen linked with a move away
The name of Thijs Jansen keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Cambuur say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout28 May 2029
Evan Rottier has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Evan Rottier has written the date down.
Squad28 May 2029
Ryan van de Pavert has settled at Cambuur
The shrug has gone, the language is coming, and he now argues in training like somebody who expects to be here next year. Half a signing's value is this and none of it appears on a fee.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Robin Strootman are not good
- The dugout The manager comes out for Jesper Tielemans