PSV is bursting with ambitions. The Eindhoven team is heading for the 25th national title in club history and is looking at the possibilities for further growth in the background. Part of this is a new way of budgeting, in which PSV will partly include the intended Champions League millions for the first time since 2011.

In the past, PSV budgeted for participation in the Champions League once every two years, but the Eindhoven team ran into major financial problems around 2010 after sporting successes failed to materialize for a while. The club sold the land under the Philips Stadium to the municipality of Eindhoven to get out of trouble.

PSV decided in 2011 to budget more conservatively and no longer include Champions League income, but this is now partly changing. “We are going to work with a budget for three years and we don't have to look as much at the short term,” says general manager Marcel Brands. Eindhovens Dagblad.

“Last year we had a difficult season because we had to catch up with the sales of players.” PSV then had to sell Cody Gakpo to Liverpool during the winter break to close the financial gap. “We want to tackle that problem better.”

“By budgeting over three years, you can spread all income and expenses a little better and it is also possible to budget for the Champions League again. Just not every season. We will be able to adjust the budget annually.”

PSV is aiming high: the club wants to participate in the billion-dollar ball in four out of five seasons. “Thanks to the second permanent Champions League spot for the Eredivisie, we think it is now responsible to partly budget for that income again,” says Brands.

The Netherlands has a firm grip on sixth place in the UEFA rankings, which entitles them to two certain Champions League tickets, but cannot rest on its laurels. Portugal and Belgium, numbers seven and eight, had a better European season than the Netherlands and are therefore catching up.

“We have to work hard to maintain the sixth place in the UEFA rankings, which ensures that we can go here,” Brands emphasizes. “If we drop back to position seven or eight in the Eredivisie, we can no longer say that we expect to qualify for the group stage of the Champions League four out of five times. That is not realistic. We will then have to adjust our ambitions again. . That's really important.”

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