The Zwolle Herald
Market16 Oct 2034
Rick Aké asks to leave Zwolle
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market16 Oct 2034
Rick Aké is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Zwolle is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Words at Zwolle training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mathias Emilsen 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.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Words exchanged at Zwolle
Donny Dijks 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.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Zwolle lose Bas Dost
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
The dugout16 Oct 2034
No hiding place for Tim Dijks
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Tim Dijks, and the manager let it.
Squad16 Oct 2034
Mickayle Arends wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Zwolle know it.
The dugout16 Oct 2034
Luca Nas asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market16 Oct 2034
Talks stall between Zwolle and Luuk Xavi Simons
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.