The Excelsior Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
ADO Den Haag come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Excelsior did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Excelsior go back to the board over Joel Ideho
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $318.5K — a club that wants Joel Ideho enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Irakli Yegoian signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Irakli Yegoian and Excelsior agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Excelsior bid $280.0K for Joel Ideho
The offer went to Sparta Rotterdam this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $160.0K for Yasser Salah Rahmouni
Excelsior have gone to Go Ahead Eagles 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Excelsior
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ajax tell Excelsior: Jorthy Mokio 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Excelsior promote Frenkie Gakpo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Frenkie Gakpo 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
Excelsior promote Tim Lang from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Tim Lang 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
- Market Nathan De Vrij steps up from the Excelsior academy
- Squad A row about effort at Excelsior
- Squad Calvin Raatsie in a row with a teammate