Wout Weghorst still plays for Ajax, but his contract in Amsterdam expires this summer. Will he then transfer to another Eredivisie club?
‘Wout Weghorst to FC Twente in summer 2026’
Yesterday it was announced that Erik ten Hag will be the new technical director of FC Twente with effect from the 2026-2027 season. And FootballTransfers then makes the link to Weghorst: “It was Ten Hag who, as trainer, brought Weghorst to Manchester United for six months before the 2022/23 season, so the personal connection is already there and the lines will be short. Especially since there is a chance for Twente to take over Weghorst on a transfer-free basis this time, it would be a good option. The arrival of Ten Hag can only make these lines even shorter, just like the fact that Weghorst has already expressed his desire to play at Twente again.”
“He was serious”
The controversial striker was born in Borne, which is close to Enschede. In 2024 he already flirted with Twente, about which the aforementioned Streuer mentioned ESPN said: “He said he wanted to go to Twente and if a player like him wants that, we are not going to refuse that. He was serious, but that changed when Ajax came. We spoke to him several times. We first had to know what Burnley was going to ask for him. We cannot afford a striker worth five or six million. So that was already a problem. The price might also have been too much for us. We also have Sam Lammers and we are very satisfied with that.”
As an Ajax player, Weghorst was whistled at in De Grolsch Veste, although he understood that: “A lot has been said and discussed about it. It is clear that I also have a special feeling at FC Twente, but today that had to be put aside. I tried to do my thing, focus and be important. It is also emotion. Only I raise my children with the idea that they can have a lot of dreams. That they can do anything for that. You can have multiple dreams, I always say. In the end it was quite a difficult match for me today, but I made the switch and enjoyed it as an Ajax player.”
Weghorst on Vak-P
Will the circle still be complete if the number nine moves to Enschede in the coming summer? It seems so. Weghorst once said: “As a little boy, I went to FC Twente with my brothers. We were at Vak-P, the fanatical part of FC Twente. That is always something I have said: yes, I would really like to play football there again in my career…”
