The FC Eindhoven Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Thomas Beelen due for a FC Eindhoven medical
Everything agreed with Feyenoord, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market10 Aug 2026
Joey Sleegers comes home
The shirt still fits. Joey Sleegers is back at FC Eindhoven, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at FC Eindhoven
Joey Sleegers 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at FC Eindhoven
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Thijs Muller stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Thijs Muller and FC Eindhoven agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Sami Ouaissa
FC Eindhoven asked and PSV said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jordy Van Dijk joins the FC Eindhoven first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jordy Van Dijk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Eindhoven promote Memphis Brobbey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Memphis Brobbey has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Eindhoven promote Steven Berghuis from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Steven Berghuis has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at FC Eindhoven
- Squad No place for Joey Sleegers in the new shape
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at FC Eindhoven