The Willem II Courier
Market15 Aug 2033
Tijjani Mohammed asks to leave Willem II
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad15 Aug 2033
A one-man rearguard from Nick Homan
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market15 Aug 2033
Heracles come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Willem II did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets15 Aug 2033
Fee done, terms next for Milan de Haan
Willem II and Heracles have settled on $720.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
The dugout15 Aug 2033
Benjamin Ronvel 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.
Transfer targets15 Aug 2033
The paperwork begins on Noah Tolf
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Willem II have done the hard part with Feyenoord, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Match13 Aug 2033
7 unbeaten for Willem II
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Willem II did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom15 Aug 2033
11 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.
Squad15 Aug 2033
A row about effort at Willem II
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Justin Hoogma was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on Jan Faberski
- Squad Tempers go at Willem II
- Market One of our own: Robin Timber joins the Willem II first team