The Willem II Courier
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
De Graafschap tell Willem II: Louka Vanderbruggen is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
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
Willem II promote Bas De Jong from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bas De Jong 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: 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Patrick De Vrij steps up from the Willem II academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Patrick De Vrij has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Denzel Dijks joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denzel Dijks is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Willem II are still strangers to each other
8 new signings in one window. Every one may be an upgrade and the side can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild the verdicts never mention.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Uriël Van Aalst
- The dugout Maxim Dekker asks for a word with the manager
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Willem II