Soccer / Football : Netherlands : First Division 2009/2010

Heerenveen have appointed Jan Everse as their new coach. The 56-year-old has signed a contract until the end of the season. Everse had been out of work ever since he got the sack at Eerstedivisie side Zwolle earlier this season. He has also worked for Rotterdam side Sparta in the past.

Ajax will probably have to make do without holding midfielder Eyong Enoh for a while after the Cameroonian international picked up a hamstring injury. The 23-year-old sustained the injury in the first half of Wednesday's game against Roda. According to reports, Enoh will be sidelined for about two weeks.

Feyenoord coach Mario Been will have to make do without experienced midfielder Denny Landzaat in the upcoming two Eredivisie games after the 33-year-old was handed a two-match ban. He will be available again on February 21 for the match against ADO Den Haag.

Jan de Jonge has stepped down as coach of Heerenveen after just five months in the job with the Dutch side. Heerenveen promoted De Jonge from the role of head of youth in September following the departure of Trond Sollied. However, Heerenveen suffered their 13th league defeat of the season on Tuesday, losing 3-1 at Venlo, and are 13th in the 18-team league with 20 points after 21 matches. De Jonge will now return to his previous role in charge of the youth set-up to leave Heerenveen searching for a new coach.

Midfielder Mitchell Donald has left Ajax for Eredivisie side Willem II on a six-month loan deal. The 21-year-old was struggling to get regular first team action under head coach Martin Jol and he has made five Eredivisie appearances this term. The Tilburg side have also recently added Stef Nijland and Frank van der Struijk.

PSV Eindhoven have sacked promising Brazilian striker Jonathan Reis for using banned substances and refusing to accept treatment. After spending the Christmas holiday in Brazil, the 20-year-old turned up at a training camp in Valencia five days too late. Reis was sent to Eindhoven for a medical examination because he was physically worn out and very tired. Tests revealed that he had been taking banned substances.

Ajax have completed the transfer of young playmaker Nicolas Lodeiro from Uruguayan side Nacional for a reported €4 million fee.Nacional would receive 15 percent of any future sale of the 20-year-old midfielder. Lodeiro was a key member of Uruguay's team at last year's Under-20 World Cup in Egypt. He was called up late in 2009 to the Uruguay national team and is expected to be on the side at this year's World Cup in South Africa.

Groningen have completed the transfer of defender Theo Lucius. The free agent has signed a contract until the end of the season. Lucius had been a free agent ever since he was released by Rotterdam powerhouse Feyenoord last summer. Groningen were in the market for a new defender due to the lengthy injury absences of Sepp de Roover and Ondrej Svejdik. The 33-year-old was on trial in the past couple of days and impressed enough during a training camp in Portugal to earn himself a contract.