The Willem II Courier
Transfer targets26 Jun 2028
Willem II agree $1.3M for Oier Zon
The clubs have shaken hands with Feyenoord; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Transfer targets26 Jun 2028
Jesse Bal due for a Willem II medical
Everything agreed with ADO Den Haag, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market26 Jun 2028
Armin Ćulum 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.
Boardroom26 Jun 2028
Willem II to lose Houdayfa Ameziane for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Houdayfa Ameziane has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Kiliann Sildillia 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.
Squad26 Jun 2028
Cody Malen is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 16 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market26 Jun 2028
Georginio Gravenberch steps up from the Willem II academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Georginio Gravenberch 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.
Market26 Jun 2028
One of our own: Denzel Aké joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denzel Aké is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jun 2028
One of our own: Patrick Xavi Simons joins the Willem II first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Patrick Xavi Simons is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Willem II
- The dugout No hiding place for Alessandro Ciranni
- The dugout Devin Haen knocks on the manager's door