Criticism of club management regarding departing PSV player: “It’s truly a sensitive loss”
1 min readDespite a good season at PSV, the club management has not managed to convince left-back Anass Salah-Eddine to permanently trade AS Roma for PSV. Salah-Eddine was on loan last season and returns to Rome after the World Cup to fight for his place with the red club from the Italian capital.
The defender is currently playing with Morocco at the World Cup in North America and made an excellent impression at the start of last season under coach Peter Bosz. The second half of the season saw Salah-Eddine play less well due to injuries.
Yet in De Telegraaf there are critical thoughts about the fact that PSV lets the left back return to AS Roma. ''Saibari will of course leave PSV, but the absence of Salah-Eddine is also certainly felt in Eindhoven'', says journalist Mike Verweij in the podcast Kick-off of De Telegraaf.
After that, PSV watcher Jeroen Kapteijns gets involved in the matter surrounding the left back and speaks about a sensitive loss for PSV. ''He can play on the inside and that is really important in Peter Bosz's football. It is truly a sensitive loss, although he has been less involved in the second half of the season due to injuries,'' Kapteijns said.
Verweij also points with a critical finger at the club leadership of PSV. ''Marcel Brands and Earnest Stewart are praised a great deal for the policy. That is very often justified; it’s stable and again and again they have good teams. But with Salah-Eddine, they of course made a mistake. If you hire someone with an option to buy, you always have to make sure there is an underlying contract for the player in place. Now PSV wanted to pay the limited transfer fee of eight million euros. But then Salah-Eddine, with his agent, said he’s going back to AS Roma. As a result, PSV was left in a mess. They couldn’t do anything. That is not a strong example,'' the journalist concludes.
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"PSV Inside" calling this a tactical upgrade... im not convinced. Slot in the same plan with the same defensive cover and we are still one counter away from chaos. We need the pressing triggers to be sharper, otherwise it will be peak frustration 🤬
"PSV need to be braver with the ball" yeah but braver in the right moments, not just panicky possession. Against teams that press high, we must protect the first pass or it turns into turnovers every time.
Tbh i think the midfield balance is the make-or-break here. If the article is expecting Sangare to cover everything alone, thats gonna be a mid-table problem real quick. 4-3-3 can work, but only if the wide guys track back.
Tbh i like what im seeing from the full-back role, but the spacing when we build up still looks off. Against stronger pressing, we might struggle to find the third man consistently, and that will show fast.
🔥🔥🔥 i just want the tempo up, more direct balls behind, less cute stuff.
Xavi Simons' role better be central, because that quote about creating in the half-spaces is exactly where PSV win games. If he drops too deep, our attack becomes predictable.
If we really line up like that, i worry it leaves too much space between the fullback and the DM. Luuk should be more aggressive pressing there, otherwise we are inviting counter attacks.
Burning take, but that midfield control needs to be cleaner. If PSV keep allowing cheap transitions after winning the ball, teams will punish us again and again 😅⚽