Overview
- Feyenoord has chosen 38-year-old Dévy Rigaux from Club Brugge for the technical director role, where he rose from youth coach to sporting director over 17 years.
- Rigaux built a reputation at Club Brugge for developing talent and generating large transfer profits through sales such as Ardon Jashari, Maxim de Cuyper and others.
- Club commentators say his immediate tasks will be to decide which of the many returning loanees stay, to intervene on player fitness and to reform the performance and medical staff.
- Several first-team names are viewed as likely to be moved this summer, with Anis Hadj Moussa, Givairo Read and Ayase Ueda cited as players attracting market interest.
- Analysts disagree on replacements and recruitment level, with some backing domestic talents like Derensili Sanches Fernandes and others urging stronger signings to meet Champions League demands.