Spanish club tries to snatch deal around a “marginal transfer fee” | Rangers FC suddenly has tough competition
1 min readThe future of Couhaib Driouech does not lie with PSV. After two league titles and the Johan Cruijff Shield, plus a series of wonderful Champions League evenings, the PSV years are over for the forward, who managed to score many important goals for PSV.
Meanwhile, Celta de Vigo has joined the fight for Couhaib Driouech. That reports transfer journalist Mounir Boualin. Following Boualin, Eindhovens Dagblad also reports that the Spanish club has officially approached PSV for the forward, while Rangers FC has also made its interest known. So it appears that the transfer fee is being bid up, which nonetheless turns out to be fairly low. At most eight million euros is very little for the skilful forward, who has a patent on important goals.
Of course, there is profit to be made on the attacker, but as said it is marginal. Celta de Vigo is now in 'pole position' for the signing of the 24-year-old Moroccan. Celta finished last season in sixth place and will therefore play in the Europa League next season. Het Eindhovens Dagblad reports that Driouech has not yet reached an agreement with a club.
The Scottish club Rangers FC has, in the meantime, not yet been able to receive an agreement from PSV after the bid of 7.5 million euros. The Scottish Daily Record speaks of a hijacked transfer, so it remains to be seen whether Rangers FC will become the new club of the attacker. The Italian club Genoa and the English club Burnley would also be showing interest in Driouech.
In the summer of 2024, he came over from Excelsior for more than three million euros. In total, Driouech played 61 matches for PSV. In Eindhoven, he still has a contract until mid-2029.
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"We are more dangerous when we win the second ball." tbh that is the whole story. When PSV get to loose balls first, you can feel the crowd lift and the game opens up fast. If they lose those duels, then it gets shaky immediately. 👀
Nacho, tbh, i think the midfield balance is the key. When the 8 gets brave and the 6 stays connected, we look like the PSV that scares everyone. If they insist on the same shape every game, opponents will figure it out fast. 👀
"PSV Inside" talk about patience in possession, but patience without penetration is just sideways passing. If the wide players stay too narrow again, teams will suffocate the middle. We need a real trigger pass earlier, not after the defense is set.
PSV Inside always hypes the same thing: pressing, intensity, fast transitions. But if the fullbacks dont attack soon enough, its gonna be mid. Need better timing from the wide guys, not just "work rate". 💯
Burning 🔥 question: why does it always take PSV 20 minutes to find rhythm? If we start like we mean it from minute 1, this could be a proper rout. Also, i hope the article is right about the fullback overlap timing because that was missing.
If PSV really want to keep building from the back, Pröpper needs to be braver with his passing. Right now he looks a step late sometimes, and that invites pressure. Still, there is a lot of quality in the middle when the ball sticks. 🔥
If PSV really want to keep the build-up through the half-spaces, then the pressing needs to be smarter. Last match it looked like we jumped a step too early and left X space behind. That has to be fixed in the PSV Inside plan.