The Excelsior Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Excelsior say no — this time
The offer from Cambuur for Rayvian Job was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Excelsior
Szymon Włodarczyk 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 Excelsior
4 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
Stijn van Gassel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Excelsior promote Bas De Vrij from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bas De Vrij 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 Excelsior promote Luuk De Jong from within
- Market One of our own: Frenkie Gravenberch joins the Excelsior first team
- Squad Irakli Yegoian knocks on the manager's door
- Boardroom Excelsior turn down the training-ground plan