The Willem II Courier
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Willem II go back to the board over Jorthy Mokio
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.6M — a club that wants Jorthy Mokio enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Moctar Diop due for a Willem II medical
Everything agreed with KAA Gent, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maxim Dekker stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Maxim Dekker and Willem II agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
2 academy players handed senior numbers at Willem II
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Magnus Mattsson
Willem II asked and FC Copenhagen said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Willem II
Calvin Twigt and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ryan Simons joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Simons is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Willem II promote Cody Janssen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cody Janssen has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Justin Strootman joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Justin Strootman is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Patrick Van de Beek steps up from the Willem II academy
- Squad Willem II are still strangers to each other
- Transfer targets Willem II try to borrow Max Dean