Former journalist Slegers, who has been media affairs manager at PSV since 2016, was struck by leukemia a few years ago. On Thursday he announced that the doctors can no longer help him and that he is not getting better.
The PSV players wore special shirts on Sunday when they entered the field with the text ‘Sterkte, Thijs!’ In the PSV supporters section, fans held up a cloth with the text ‘Thijs, unity makes power’.
The 46-year-old Slegers called on people via social media to become a stem cell donor and blood donor, so that other sick people can be helped in the future. By Saturday afternoon, 2,000 new donors had been added, Matchis, the Dutch center for stem cell donors, said.
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