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PSV press chief Thijs Slegers has died. He died of leukemia. He was 46 years old.

As a journalist, Thijs Slegers was a PSV watcher for various media for many years. In 2015, he joined PSV as press chief.

Slegers was stricken with acute leukemia in 2020. He underwent a stem cell transplant that initially proved successful and went back to work at PSV.

But in early February, the press officer announced that he had contracted a rejection disease as a result of the surgeries he underwent.

Since then, Slegers has successfully worked to recruit blood and stem cell donors. Many people have recently registered with the Matchis and Sanquin Foundation

In response to Slegers' illness, the Feyenoord supporters' association made a statement on Sunday 5 February at the Feyenoord-PSV football match. The supporters called for "as the twelfth man, to put aside all sentiments" in the twelfth minute of the match and to shine a light together in De Kuip, by telephone.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2469071-psv-p...n-aan-leukemie


a friend to many footballers, such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Luc Nilis, but also friends with many hardcore celebrity psv fans such as stand up comedian Theo Maassen, actor Frank Lammers



RIP