John de Jong’s departure from PSV has affected head coach Ruud van Nistelrooij. Although the former striker had little time to reflect on the departure of his colleague due to the preparation for the top match against Feyenoord, it was an unpleasant moment.
,,I have played with him, we have worked together for a long time”, said Van Nistelrooij before the top match against Feyenoord. ESPN. “He has been working here for over 22 years. That’s why it comes to me. We have a game today, so we will put all our energy into it. We have to park this for a while, after today we have some space to think about it because of the international matches.”
The news was brought out two days before the squatter against Feyenoord. ,,Unfortunately you can’t control things like that, football is tough. You have to deal with that,” said Van Nistelrooij, who spoke to De Jong shortly after his departure. ,,This will come in, also with me and with everyone in the club. It is up to us to react in the match.” PSV mentioned the break with De Jong a matter of a ‘breach of trust’. De Jong was accused of blocking a million-dollar sale from Cody Gakpo.
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Early in the game, Feyenoord dealt a new blow to PSV, which has been struggling in the Eredivisie and in Europe in recent weeks. Oussama Idrissi gave Feyenoord the lead after three minutes. However, PSV soon came alongside via Jarrad Branthwaite. Follow the match in our live blog.
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