The Willem II Courier
Squad16 Aug 2027
The knee: Roy Kortsmit out for 30 days
30 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.
Transfer targets16 Aug 2027
Vladimir Screciu due for a Willem II medical
Everything agreed with Sepsi OSK, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market16 Aug 2027
Mounir El Allouchi 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.
The dugout16 Aug 2027
Tonny Vilhena 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.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Georginio Wijnaldum signs on for the long haul
Willem II moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Georginio Wijnaldum, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad16 Aug 2027
A falling-out at Willem II
Justin Hoogma and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom16 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Willem II
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
The terraces16 Aug 2027
One of their own: Devin Haen
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match14 Aug 2027
Willem II find a way past Jong AZ
Jong AZ made Willem II work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Market Marten Klaassen steps up from the Willem II academy
- Market One of our own: Memphis Berghuis joins the Willem II first team
- Market One of our own: Patrick Hateboer joins the Willem II first team