Jasper Timber

Left Forward - Willem II
7 Jul 2029
Saturday
Process

Marked for Jasper Timber

115 Edition

The Willem II Courier

9 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

The dugout

Djomar Giersthove 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.

Player ratings

Noah Tamsamani, 19, steals the show — 7.63

Marked 7.63 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.

Squad

Vito van Crooij signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vito van Crooij and Willem II agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Willem II

Justin Hoogma was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

The terraces

Willem II supporters have found a favourite in Noah Tamsamani

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 19-year-old it feels ownership of. Noah Tamsamani has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match

Willem II get the job done against Den Bosch

A 1‑0 win over Den Bosch, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Squad

Nathan Tjoe-A-On falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Wesley Weghorst kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

The dugout

Amine Lachkar knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Amine Lachkar trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

Back issues
108 Edition

The Willem II Courier

21 Aug 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Transfer targets

Oliver Edvardsen will not be coming to Willem II

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Ajax is saying, and nobody at Willem II is enjoying the guessing.

Transfer targets

An offer of $400.0K for Daniël Deen

Willem II have gone to Volendam with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.

Transfer targets

Telstar tell Willem II: Nordin Bukala 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.

Transfer targets

Willem II make their move for Jayden Siecker

$75.0K on the table at Vitesse. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad

Adam Tahaui falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

A falling-out at Willem II

Nathan Tjoe-A-On and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at Willem II

11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Loan watch

Luuk Koppert has seen enough of Almere City

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Willem II, and 0 appearances in 7 say he has earned the hearing.

The dugout

Amine Lachkar is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief