Leander Schaerlaeckens: Generation gap foils Gertjan Verbeek as Feyenoord's...
Feyenoord's senior players were the architects of Gertjan Verbeek's sacking, despite the youthful promise at his disposalImagine performing so badly that your club, which under no circumstance can...
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Cash-strapped regional neighbours consider pooling their resources to form Limburg FC, but fans aren't happyNow we know whether the credit crunch will affect football. It will. Roda JC and Fortuna...
View ArticleEredivisie: Leander Schaerlaeckens on Dutch Football
An away win for Feyenoord was just the tip of the iceberg on another bizarre week in the EredivisieA bizarre week to accentuate a wacky season. As if a year in which Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord have no...
View ArticleDutch wide boys back in vogue while AZ edge nearer to the title
The return of out-and-out wingers to Holland has breathed new life into what was once a lost artCertain things are dying out in the Netherlands. Traditional windmills for example. People wearing wooden...
View ArticleMy Eredivisie team of the year: a shop window for the rest of Europe, by...
The best players in Holland this season provide a snapshot of yet another generation of talent likely to be lost to ambition and the foul economics of footballThere is a feeling of ambivalence when it...
View ArticleAZ lose to Heracles but Steve McClaren's Twente start with a win
• Heracles shock defending champions AZ 3–2 in opener• Twente win 2–0 with Martin Jol's Ajax also victoriousAZ Alkmaar suffered a disastrous opening to the defence of their Eredivisie title, losing 3–2...
View ArticleSouthampton agree deal to sign Vitesse Arnhem's Alexander Buttner
• Defender was named in Holland's provisional Euro 2012 squad• Buttner: 'I am in Southampton and everything is perfect'Southampton have agreed a deal with Vitesse Arnhem to sign the defender Alexander...
View ArticleAlexander Buttner joins Manchester United as defensive cover
• Vitesse Arnhem player moves as back-up to Patrice Evra• Transfer causes some surprise in HollandManchester United have bought the left-back Alexander Buttner from Vitesse Arnhem, according to the...
View ArticleNewcastle United target Vitesse striker Wilfried Bony
• 24-year-old Vitesse forward considered as club seek striker• St Etienne's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang among other targetsWilfried Bony has been placed high on Newcastle United's summer shopping list...
View ArticleChelsea agree fee for midfielder Marco van Ginkel from Vitesse Arnhem
• 20-year-old set to move to London in reported £8m deal• Chelsea also considering new bid for Norwich's John RuddyChelsea have reached an agreement over the signing of the midfielder Marco van Ginkel...
View ArticleMarco van Ginkel promised star role after agreeing £9m Chelsea move
• Mourinho convinced Vitesse Arnham midfielder to join• 20-year-old seen as successor to Frank LampardJosé Mourinho personally assured Marco van Ginkel that he would be granted significant first-team...
View ArticleSwansea City confirm club record £12m transfer deal for Wilfried Bony
• Striker's move subject to work permit clearance• Newcastle had been tracking Ivory Coast internationalSwansea City have completed the £12m club record signing of the striker Wilfried Bony from the...
View ArticleLeander Schaerlaeckens: Generation gap foils Gertjan Verbeek as Feyenoord's...
Feyenoord's senior players were the architects of Gertjan Verbeek's sacking, despite the youthful promise at his disposalImagine performing so badly that your club, which under no circumstance can...
View ArticleLeander Schaerlaeckens: Merger mania in Holland as Roda JC and Fortuna...
Cash-strapped regional neighbours consider pooling their resources to form Limburg FC, but fans aren't happyNow we know whether the credit crunch will affect football. It will. Roda JC and Fortuna...
View ArticleEredivisie: Leander Schaerlaeckens on Dutch Football
An away win for Feyenoord was just the tip of the iceberg on another bizarre week in the EredivisieA bizarre week to accentuate a wacky season. As if a year in which Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord have no...
View ArticleDutch wide boys back in vogue while AZ edge nearer to the title
The return of out-and-out wingers to Holland has breathed new life into what was once a lost artCertain things are dying out in the Netherlands. Traditional windmills for example. People wearing wooden...
View ArticleMy Eredivisie team of the year: a shop window for the rest of Europe, by...
The best players in Holland this season provide a snapshot of yet another generation of talent likely to be lost to ambition and the foul economics of footballThere is a feeling of ambivalence when it...
View ArticleAZ lose to Heracles but Steve McClaren's Twente start with a win
• Heracles shock defending champions AZ 3–2 in opener• Twente win 2–0 with Martin Jol's Ajax also victoriousAZ Alkmaar suffered a disastrous opening to the defence of their Eredivisie title, losing 3–2...
View ArticleSouthampton agree deal to sign Vitesse Arnhem's Alexander Buttner
• Defender was named in Holland's provisional Euro 2012 squad• Buttner: 'I am in Southampton and everything is perfect'Southampton have agreed a deal with Vitesse Arnhem to sign the defender Alexander...
View ArticleAlexander Buttner joins Manchester United as defensive cover
• Vitesse Arnhem player moves as back-up to Patrice Evra• Transfer causes some surprise in HollandManchester United have bought the left-back Alexander Buttner from Vitesse Arnhem, according to the...
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