PSV and director of football affairs John de Jong are separating immediately. The Eindhoven football club reports this on Friday evening. The 45-year-old De Jong extended his contract with PSV in May last year until the summer of 2024.
The reason for the departure is the past transfer period. From a financial point of view, the supervisory board, led by chairman Robert van der Wallen, would have liked PSV to have sold Cody Gakpo or Ibrahim Sangaré. PSV could use that money well after missing out on the main tournament of the Champions League.
Gakpo was in the interest of Manchester United at the start of the transfer period, but the English club was not concrete. Southampton and Leeds United did become so shortly before the market closed, but Gakpo decided to stay in Eindhoven. The Orange international did this, among other things, after he had spoken with Louis van Gaal. With a view to the World Cup, the national coach thought it was not wise to switch clubs at a late moment. Sangaré also stayed with PSV.