Jacob Hanson

Striker - Willem II
28 Feb 2028
Monday
Process
75 Edition

The Willem II Courier

3 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Mika de Jonge says Willem II went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

De Graafschap watching Lasse Abildgaard

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

Squad

The manager makes an example of Thomas Didillon-Hödl

“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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Willem II against NEC

0-2 to NEC, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

Jacob Hanson stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jacob Hanson and Willem II agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Devin Haen asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
74 Edition

The Willem II Courier

27 Dec 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Willem II get the job done against Roda

A 1-0 win over Roda, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Jens Mathijsen gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Luuk Koppert wants to come home

“I did not go to Twente to sit and watch. I want to come back to Willem II and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.

Market

Willem II sign Jacob Hanson, one for the future

Jacob Hanson is 20, and Willem II have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Market

The Devin Haen talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Willem II know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Nathan Tjoe-A-On asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief