Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 5:33 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 17:45

Just before the start of the return in the Champions League against FC Midtjylland, PSV extended the contracts of two talents. The people of Eindhoven continue longer with Fodé Fofana and Jeremy Antonisse, reports it Eindhovens Dagblad. Fofana will extend his contract until 2025, while Antonisse will be fixed until 2024. Once the final details have been finalized, the signatures will be placed.

For a long time it did not look like Fofana would extend his contract in Eindhoven. The attacker and his management have been in heavy negotiations with the club in recent times, it knows Eindhovens Dagblad. The newspaper writes that, among other things, the presence of Ruud van Nistelrooy as the new trainer of Jong PSV has been an important aspect in the new collaboration. The promise team of the Eindhoven team started a new season in the Kitchen Champion Division against FC Dordrecht (1-1) on Friday. Fofana scored the opening goal on behalf of PSV.

Fofana has been playing for PSV since 2015, which took him over from Barcelona. During a street football tournament on holiday in Lyon, he was scouted by the Catalans, where at the age of ten he won a place in the youth academy as a player for the Groningen amateur club GVAV-Rapiditas through an internship. Because Barcelona had made mistakes in issuing contracts for children, he had to leave the Spanish top club after two years. PSV picked up Fofana at the age of twelve. In Eindhoven, the striker went through the youth academy and made his debut in professional football this season on behalf of Jong PSV.

Antonisse also hopes to achieve his breakthrough in professional football at PSV. The wing attacker has already trained with the first team a number of times in preparation for the coming season, after making his debut last football season. In the away match against FC Emmen, he came in for Eran Zahavi in ​​the final phase of the game. At the beginning of July, he was accurate in the 6-2 win against the Belgian RWD Molenbeek. A few days later, Fofana was accurate three times against the German Delbrücker (1-10).