The RKC Waalwijk Herald
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Tim van der Leij goes
Volendam paid $1.7M and RKC Waalwijk took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Daniël van Kaam was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 20. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
RKC Waalwijk rebuffed over Keano Vanrafelghem
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. KV Mechelen have kept their man, and RKC Waalwijk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at RKC Waalwijk
Niek Schiks and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Konstantinos Karetsas is in the works
RKC Waalwijk have made the call to Borussia Dortmund. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
A loan move for Thulani Mahlangu is in the works
RKC Waalwijk have made the call to Free State Stars. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Jean-Paul Boëtius
A mark of 7.33, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Marco De Vrij signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marco De Vrij commits to RKC Waalwijk for another 3 years.
Market17 Aug 2026
Still no ink between RKC Waalwijk and Dylan Mertens
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at RKC Waalwijk, another week without a signature from Dylan Mertens.
In brief
- Squad Loek Postma falls out with a teammate over standards
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Daley Bergwijn on the draw
- The dugout Nazjir Held dropped after a run of poor form