The De Graafschap Post
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
De Graafschap bid $4.1M for Thom van Bergen
The offer went to Groningen this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
NEC tell De Graafschap: Youssef El Kachati 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
De Graafschap bid $130.0K for Daniël Beukers
The offer went to Volendam this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at De Graafschap
Reuven Niemeijer and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
One of their own: Fedde de Jong
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match15 Aug 2026
De Graafschap find a way past TOP Oss
TOP Oss made De Graafschap work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mark Pabai 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.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Ibrahim El Kadiri in the eights
A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Appearance number 100 for Levi Schoppema
100 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
In brief
- Squad No place for Remco Balk in the new shape
- Market Talks stall between De Graafschap and Remco Balk
- The dugout A satisfied Robin Aké