The Jong PSV Chronicle
Squad24 Sep 2035
Luiz Henrique damages knee ligaments — 76 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 76 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market24 Sep 2035
Bas Strootman is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Jong PSV is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad24 Sep 2035
Words exchanged at Jong PSV
Ramiz Zerrouki and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad24 Sep 2035
The decline has begun for Viktor Tsygankov
Everybody saw it before anybody said it. At 37 the numbers say 3 points down on what he was, and the question for Jong PSV is how to handle a man they owe a great deal.
The terraces24 Sep 2035
Jong PSV supporters have found a favourite in Marco Timber
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Marco Timber has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match22 Sep 2035
Jong PSV get the job done against Roda
A 1‑0 win over Roda, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings24 Sep 2035
Marco Timber stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.92 on the card, and the Jong PSV support went home talking about one name.
Market24 Sep 2035
The Luiz Henrique story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Luiz Henrique signs something — a contract at Jong PSV or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad24 Sep 2035
A first team debut at 21 for Bas Strootman
Off the academy pitches and into a senior shirt, at 21. The parents in the stand will keep the programme, and so will he.
In brief
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Hugo Deenen
- The dugout Virgil Klaassen asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout Ramiz Zerrouki unhappy with how he is being used