The TOP Oss Post
Boardroom4 Jun 2035
TOP Oss spell it out for Interim Coach
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Interim Coach has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom4 Jun 2035
The scrutiny sharpens at TOP Oss
Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at TOP Oss is running low.
Squad4 Jun 2035
Words exchanged at TOP Oss
Ben Wilmot and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad4 Jun 2035
Leander Lukaku arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Leander Lukaku has, at TOP Oss, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Squad4 Jun 2035
A row about effort at TOP Oss
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Sage Acheampong was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad4 Jun 2035
Yannick Lukaku stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yannick Lukaku and TOP Oss agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets4 Jun 2035
Vitesse tell TOP Oss: Sebastián Mella 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.
Market4 Jun 2035
Teun Bergwijn steps up from the TOP Oss academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Teun Bergwijn 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.
Market4 Jun 2035
Nathan Simons steps up from the TOP Oss academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nathan Simons 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 Calvin Dost steps up from the TOP Oss academy
- Market Luuk Promes steps up from the TOP Oss academy
- Transfer targets TOP Oss try to borrow Justin Devenny