The Willem II Courier
Squad19 Jan 2032
The knee: Nathan Dost out for 16 days
16 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Willem II lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market19 Jan 2032
Guus Olgers has said yes to Sparta Rotterdam
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Willem II have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Transfer targets19 Jan 2032
Willem II baulk at the price for Sem Steijn
Feyenoord wanted more than $9.7M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market19 Jan 2032
Nicola Rijnbout hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Willem II can pretend not to have heard.
Market19 Jan 2032
Only the photograph left for Alexander Sellegard
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Alexander Sellegard will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Willem II the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout19 Jan 2032
Ryan Weghorst 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.
Market19 Jan 2032
Botev Vratsa 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 targets19 Jan 2032
The paperwork begins on Izu Onunta
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Willem II have done the hard part with Cambuur, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Transfer targets19 Jan 2032
Door shut on Donny Frimpong
Willem II asked and Ajax said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Boardroom Rick Brom will join Willem II for nothing
- Match Sparta Rotterdam take the points off Willem II
- Squad Calvin Clasie out for 15 days