Hessel de Wit

Central Midfielder - Jong AZ
27 Aug 2026
Thursday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 2 Transfers 5 Relations Events 22 Awards Matches History

Marked for Hessel de Wit

4 Edition

The Jong AZ Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market24 Aug 2026

Latrell Aken turns TOP Oss down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Zwolle come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Jong AZ did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

The terraces24 Aug 2026

Jong AZ supporters have found a favourite in Latrell Aken

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 18-year-old it feels ownership of. Latrell Aken has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Market24 Aug 2026

NAC Breda watching Julian Sijbrands

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Jong AZ have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Latrell Aken was the difference for Jong AZ

Marked 7.38. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

Wesley Wijnaldum on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Wesley Wijnaldum after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Squad24 Aug 2026

Hessel de Wit 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.

Match22 Aug 2026

Jong AZ draw a blank against VVV-Venlo

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. VVV-Venlo defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

The dugout24 Aug 2026

No place in the plan for Rion Ichihara

The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

Back issues
3 Edition

The Jong AZ Gazette

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market17 Aug 2026

Quenten Attigah has said yes to Emmen

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Jong AZ have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market17 Aug 2026

Not going: Elijah Dijkstra stays at Jong AZ

“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” FC Eindhoven had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.

Market17 Aug 2026

Jong AZ turn down Esenler Erokspor for Tycho de Wit

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match15 Aug 2026

Willem II take the points off Jong AZ

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market17 Aug 2026

Hessel de Wit attracts admirers

The name of Hessel de Wit has come up in conversations Jong AZ were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Jong AZ

Andrea Natali and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑2 defeat, delivered by Wesley Wijnaldum to a room that had heard them before.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Jong AZ training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Latrell Aken is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager makes an example of Quenten Attigah

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

In brief