The Willem II Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Thomas Didillon-Hödl out for 119 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Willem II will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thomas Didillon-Hödl in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Willem II this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
5 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Devin Haen signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Devin Haen and Willem II agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ryan Clasie joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ryan Clasie 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
One of our own: Guus Clasie joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Guus Clasie 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 Denzel Blind steps up from the Willem II academy
- Market Jeroen Strootman steps up from the Willem II academy
- Squad Words at Willem II training over how hard people work
- Boardroom Willem II turn down the training-ground plan