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- ↑ Jesse van Bezooijen stapt over naar KFC de Zwarte Leeuw Archived 17 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine ‚ bsiderats.nl, 21 May 2017
- ↑ Jesse van Bezooijen zes tot negen maanden aan de kant - BN De Stem (in Dutch)
