PSV is working on the arrival of an assistant to technical director John de Jong, it reports Eindhovens Dagblad. The club from Eindhoven thus follows Ajax, which recently appointed Gerry Hamstra as the right-hand man for football affairs director Marc Overmars. According to the regional newspaper, it is not yet known who will assist De Jong in the Philips Stadium.
PSV wants to relieve De Jong’s range of tasks by appointing an assistant. De Jong’s new right-hand man will focus more on attracting young players, while also handling their contracts. Head of youth academy Ernest Faber will continue to play an important role in this. De Jong can thus focus more on compiling the A selection.
This means that in Eindhoven they will work in the same way as at Ajax. “We needed someone who focuses on youth players and the talents of Young Ajax when it comes to the individual plans we have with these players and the associated contracts. But Gerry will also help us with the scouting,” Overmars stated earlier. month of the appointment of Hamstra.
It reported earlier this week Eindhovens Dagblad all that De Jong can look forward to a new contract with PSV. The club is satisfied with its work and wants to break open and extend its current contract until mid-2022. The technical director himself would also stand for that. He has to form a ‘triumvirate’ with general manager Toon Gerbands and trainer Roger Schmidt, as former technical manager Marcel Brands did earlier with Gerbrands and Phillip Cocu.
De Jong is facing a busy transfer period with PSV. It is expected that players like Donyell Malen and Denzel Dumfries will be sold, while other names are also on the nomination to leave. With an expected capital injection of approximately fifty million euros, De Jong can take action on the transfer market without having to sell players first.
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