Clearly stated: “This will be the biggest project ever for the club.”
1 min readAlmost two months ago, PSV presented the first impressions for the expansion of the Philips Stadium. PSV has the ambition to expand the stadium to at least 52,000 spectators.
The intention is that the stadium will have been renovated around 2030 and that the first renovations take place in the following calendar year. Managing director Marcel Brands is looking forward with great anticipation to PSV’s stadium expansion.
This informs Brands in the radio program KEIgood morning! on Omroep Brabant. ''This will be the biggest project the club has ever had. We recently had a brainstorming session with the management. Then commercial director Frans Janssen asked me whether I find this expansion scary. Well, it is quite exciting. This is so important! And it has to be done in the right way'', Brands is firm on the radio.
PSV is trying to have the permit process in order before the summer. ''In that, you largely depend on third parties. In addition, there is the financing. We are working very hard on that at the moment. It looks increasingly positive, but that is still something to keep in mind,'' the managing director tells us more.
In total, the renovation will have to cost between 350 and 450 million euros, and Brands does not hope that this will then come at the expense of the players' budget. ''It can't be that we start a project that will end up being thirty, forty or fifty million euros more expensive. The most important thing is that the club can keep playing at the level on which we are active today. That football ambition is the most important ambition. But you also want to give the new generation access to the stadium. Basically, doing nothing isn't an option. I think Eindhoven city, the supporters and the club are asking for this. But it is still a huge job,'' suggests the general director.
In addition, Brands hopes to see the third star on the PSV shirt before the end of his contract. Brands' agreement runs out in 2029, and that would mean that if PSV becomes champions for the 30th time that year.
''I will do everything I can to contribute my share. It is a wonderful challenge,'' concludes the managing director.
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The player talk is spot on, especially the emphasis on discipline in the box. If PSV can turn that control into more ruthless finishing, they are the team to beat.
I'm not fully sold on the setup they mentioned. The press looked good in patches, but when teams escape the first line, PSV can look stretched in the half-spaces.
Berghuis or anyone holding that right-sided role, they have to take more responsibility for the final ball. The chances were there, but the delivery into the box needs to be sharper. PSV should be cashing in more than they do.
Really liked how the article framed PSV as proactive instead of just reacting. If they keep building through midfield and get those quick switches going, this side is dangerous.
That lineup talk was interesting, but I still think PSV should start with more width from the start. When the wingers stay too narrow, teams defend the middle easily. You could feel it in the second half.
I was impressed with how they build from the back, but sometimes they slow down too much. If the opponent steps up, PSV need quicker options in the half-spaces. Otherwise it turns into a lot of sideways passing.
If PSV really want to keep that intensity high, I love it. The midfield looked like it could press as a unit, not just run around. When they get the ball back quickly, the whole team feels more dangerous.