The Utrecht Gazette
Market31 Aug 2026
David Min 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 Utrecht can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Miguel Rodríguez runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market31 Aug 2026
Massien Ghaddari moves on
Zwolle pay $1.8M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market31 Aug 2026
Business is business: Oualid Agougil goes
Excelsior paid $1.7M and Utrecht took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market31 Aug 2026
KV Kortrijk come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Utrecht did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Utrecht
Mexx Meerdink was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Sébastien Haller
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sébastien Haller, and the manager let it.
Match29 Aug 2026
Utrecht share the spoils with Excelsior
A 1‑1 draw with Excelsior leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The room hears from Vasilis Barkas
“Nobody outside is coming to save us.” It was short, it was not comfortable, and by all accounts the Utrecht squad were quieter afterwards than they had been all season.
In brief
- Loan watch 1 goals on loan for Miliano Jonathans
- Squad Matisse Didden loses a friend at Utrecht