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
A muscle injury sidelines Lewis Schouten for 16 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Excelsior will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
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
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Excelsior
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Irakli Yegoian
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Market Joel Depay steps up from the Excelsior academy
- Market Excelsior promote Wout Hateboer from within
- Market One of our own: Kenneth Clasie joins the Excelsior first team
- Boardroom Excelsior turn down the training-ground plan