Category: Transfers

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Mica Pinto signs with Vitesse

After announcing the departure of Maximilian Wittek for football in Germany, Vitesse announced the signing of Mica Pinto. The 30-year-old left-back did not renew his contract with Sparta Rotterdam and was free on the market. With the Arnhemmers, Mica Pinto signed a two-year contract.

“Mica Pinto was our first choice after Maximilian Wittek left. He is a builder full back, with excellent physical conditioning and an excellent passing quality. He is a group athlete. He knows the Eredivisie very well and will be a key player in helping us achieve our goals throughout this season,” said Vitesse director of football Benjamin Schmedes.

“I have already played against Vitesse several times and now I am very proud to wear the shirt of this important club. After a few successful seasons with Sparta Rotterdam, this was a step I wanted to take. I had good conversations with the club officials and with the coach, Phillip Cocu. I am extremely anxious to start wearing the Vitesse shirt. I will deliver everything on the pitch for the club” said Mica Pinto.

With Sparta Rotterdam’s shirt, Mica Pinto reached the milestone of 90 matches played and four goals scored. He also played for Fortuna Sittard and played 50 games with just one goal scored. In the Eredivisie alone, he has played 120 matches. He is an athlete with a lot of experience in Dutch football.

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Alen Halilović signs for one season with Fortuna Sittard

Fortuna Sittard announced the signing of Alen Halilović. The 27-year-old is signed until the end of next season with the option of an automatic renewal for two more seasons. Alen Halilović was in Croatia, where he was defending the colors of HNK Rijeka.

This will not be the first time that Alen Halilović has played in the Netherlands. In the 2019/20 season he played for SC Heerenveen and played 20 competitive games for the Fries and scored just one goal. After that he was released by AC Milan and played with Birmingham City and Reading in England.

Alen Halilović returns to the Netherlands, looking to rediscover the good football he played when he played for SC Heerenveen.
“It’s good to be back in Holland. I spoke to some friends who play for Fortuna Sittard and they were very excited about the club’s goals for the future. I’m really looking forward to starting playing for Fortuna Sittard and meeting all my new club mates” said Alen Halilović.

“Alen Halilović has always been recognized as having great potential and we believe that this potential and quality that he has is within him and we want to give him the opportunity to get all of that out. We believe we have the right conditions for him to be happy here with us and play at the highest level” said Américo Branco, director of football at Fortuna Sittard.

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Zico Buurmeester renews with AZ Alkmaar and is loaned to PEC Zwolle

PEC Zwolle announced the signing of Zico Buurmeester for just one season. The 21-year-old will have his first professional experience away from the AFAS Stadion. To sign with the Blauwvingers, Zico Buurmeester needed to renew his contract until the end of the 2025/2026 season.

Valued at €550,000, Zico Buurmeester played 81 games and scored 12 goals for Jong AZ Alkmaar. In the first team of AZ Alkmaar, Zico Buurmeester played only nine games and scored one goal.

Born in Egmond aan den Hoef, province of North Holland, the village is part of the city of Bergen and is approximately seven kilometers from Alkmaar. The arrival of Zico Buurmeester at PEC Zwolle is to compensate for the departure of Thomas van den Belt.

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RKC Waalwijk announce replacement for Vurnon Anita

Godfried Roemeratoe is RKC Waalwijk’s newest signing. The 23-year-old midfielder has signed with Waalwijkers until the end of the 2025/26 season. He leaves Israel, where he was playing for Hapoel Tel Aviv.

“We are delighted with the arrival of Godfried Roemeratoe. After Vurnon Anita left, we started looking for a replacement part. We are really looking forward to starting to see Godfried Roemeratoe wearing our shirt on the pitch,” said RKC Waalwijk director of football Frank van Mosselveld.

Before his adventure in Israel, Godfried Roemeratoe was in the Netherlands, where he played for FC Twente and Willem II. It was at FC Twente where he was most able to perform. In all, he defended the colors of the Tukkers in 50 games. At Hapeol Tel Aviv, he played 25 games and at Willem II, there were 23 games played.

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Sepp van den Berg is loaned to 1. FSV Mainz 05

Liverpool announced this Thursday the loan of Sepp van den Berg to 1. FSV Mainz 05 in Germany. The 21-year-old defender will return to Germany. The defender defended Schalke 04 last season, also on loan from Liverpool.

This will be the third time that Liverpool have loaned the young defender to other clubs. Initially, he was loaned out to Preston NE. Then it was time to head to Germany, where he defended Schalke 04 and will now return to wear the colors of 1. FSV Mainz 05.

 

Last season, he featured in just nine games for Schalke 04. With 1. FSV Mainz 05, he hopes to get more opportunities throughout the season. In the Netherlands, he played for PEC Zwolle before being sold to Liverpool in July 2019 for €1,900,000.

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Yanick van Osch is SC Cambuur’s first signing

SC Cambuur is his first signing for next season and the name he landed at Cambuur Stadion to sign with Levinho was Yanick van Osch. The 26-year-old goalkeeper has signed a three-year deal with the Leeuwarders.

With more than one hundred professional games played in Holland, Yanick van Osch arrives with the mission of helping SC Cambuur to return to the elite of Dutch football in the new season that will start soon.

His history is to spend a few seasons in the clubs he defends. It was like that at PSV, the club that revealed him to professional football. He spent three seasons in the PSV first team before accepting an offer from Fortuna Sittard. At Fortuna Sittard Stadion he also spent three more seasons and played 65 games and conceded 120 goals.

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Milan Robberechts signs with Fortuna Sittard for two seasons

Fortuna Sittard announced another signing for next season. Milan Robberechts is another reinforcement that will arrive to help the club continue to remain in the Eredivisie for another season. His contract with Fortuna Sittard will run for two seasons, with the possibility of a third season if Fortuna Sittard triggers the contract extension clause.

Milan Robberechts will work with Danny Buijs. The same coach he worked with in Belgium when the captain was working at KV Mechelen last season. He arrives at no cost to Fortuna Sittard and is valued at 200,000 euros.

“I’m glad you’re here. Fortuna Sittard looks like a team that wants to keep growing within the Netherlands. I have the opportunity to develop further, mainly because I will be playing at a higher level competition. I’m really looking forward to getting started” said Milan Robberechts.

He never played professionally. Milan Robberechts will have his first opportunity in a senior team. In Belgium, he only played for KV Mechelen and always played in the club’s youth team. At just 19 years old, Milan Robberechts is a striker who plays on the right wing.

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Ajax announce second signing for next season

Ajax have announced the signing of Benjamin Tahirović. The Amsterdam club reached an agreement with AS Roma and paid around 7.5 million euros to take the Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder to Amsterdam.
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Born in Sweden, but with nationality from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Benjamin Tahirović was at AS Roma since February 2021. Without gaining space in the main team commanded by José Mourinho, the Italian club decided to sell Benjamin Tahirović.

“Benjamin Tahirović is a young midfielder who is strong in possession of the ball. He is one of the great talents and has an incredible mentality,” said Ajax director of football Sven Mislintat.

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AZ Alkmaar releases and Fedde de Jong is the new reinforcement of SC Cambuur

SC Cambuur announced the signing of Fedde de Jong. The youth trained in the AZ Alkmaar youth team signs with Levinho until the end of the 2025/26 season. The contract with the Cheeseheads ran until 2024/25.

Fedde de Jong wanted more game time, but AZ Alkmaar were unable to provide that for him and decided to trade the young midfielder to SC Cambuur’s Keuken Kampioen Divisie side next season.

Fedde de Jong joined AZ Alkmaar in 2016 when he left Uiteest. With the shirt of Jong AZ Alkmaar, he played 78 games in the Keuken Kampioen Divisie and scored eight goals. In the professional team, Fedde de Jong played only three games and scored one goal.

“We are very happy with this choice of Fedde de Jong. This shows that our club is also a team where we can provide space for young talent to develop and help us achieve our goals on the pitch. He is a great talent and we hope that with his help we can return to the Eredivisie as soon as possible” said SC Cambuur director of football Etiënne Reijnen.

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Maurice Steijn is the new coach of Ajax for next season

After the Ajax board confirmed that John Heitinga would not remain in charge of the team for the next season, Sven Mislintat was looking for a new name to coach the Amsterdam team. The Godenzonen announced the signing of Maurice Steijn, coach who was working at Sparta Rotterdam this last season.

Maurice Steijn signs for three seasons with Ajax. At the age of 49, he arrives under strong suspicion from everyone he has never coached a club on the level of Ajax.

In 2011, Maurice Steijn started his career as a professional football coach in the Netherlands. It was at ADO Den Haag where he received his first opportunity. In the Netherlands, he has worked at clubs such as VVV-Venlo, NAC Breda and most recently at Sparta Rotterdam.

Under his command, Gladiadores Alvirrubros managed to compete in the Europese Tickets Eredivisie and fight for a place in the UEFA Europa Conference League 2023/24. Kasteelheren reached the final but lost to FC Twente. It is noteworthy that last season, Maurice Steijn and Sparta Rotterdam managed to add the highest score in the last 38 years of the Rotterdam club.

“We are grateful to Maurice Steijn for what he has meant to Sparta Rotterdam. He gave the club a new face when everything was very confusing and worked hard to keep our team in the Eredivisie. We are proud of what we achieved last season. The fact that Ajax, one of the biggest clubs in the Netherlands, look to Maurice Steijn, is seen with extraordinary joy by us, because it shows us how much we were observed. We would have liked to stay with Maurice Steijn for longer, we had good talks about it and he made it clear that he wanted to stay with us, but he also made it clear that if any bigger club in the Netherlands wanted to rely on his services, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity ” said Gerard Nijkamp, director of football at Sparta Rotterdam.

“When I talk about Sparta Rotterdam, I can remember an excellent period we had together. For the past 14 months I have loved working at Het Kasteel and I wish all the luck and success in the world to the club’s players, directors and fans,” said Maurice Steijn.

“Maurice Steijn has been a professional football coach for about twenty years, of which in the last ten years he has played in the first team. At every club he worked for, Maurice Steijn managed to exceed all expectations. He is ready to take on the challenge of coaching Ajax. In addition, we are studying each name that will make up the coaching staff and that will help you on this journey “, said Sven Mislintat, director of Ajax.

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