Yipe on loan. Not sure when his contract with Torino finishes.
But he should stay in Holland, especially if Breda can get promoted. If not some Eredivisie clubs will have noticed him. At 20, just needs to be playing - like say Cacace was when he first came to Europe at S-T in Belgium.
Breda will surely be wanting to keep him now. What's that 1 goal and 5 assists in his 8 games there. Will definitely be a few people keeping their eyes out for him...
Edit - Breda are 7th on GD with 4 games left. They could definitely finish 5th or 6th yet. I think that's good enough for a home elimination playoff?? Teams 3-8 in the playoffs.
This away game at Almere will be a good gauge of Breda's promotion playoff chances. Though their playoff spot (6 teams from 3rd to 8th) is still not yet gteed.
Looks like pro/rel format is 3 two legged H&A ties. 3rd v 8th, 4th v 7th & 5th v 6th.
3 winners go into two legged H&A semis alongside the 16th placed (3rd last) team from the Eredivisie.
Two semi final winners, play a two legged H&A final. Winner of that plays in Eredivisie 2023/24
Edit - Breda looking good 2-0 up at HT, away to the 3rd placed team. They are unbeaten in their last 5 games (4W & 1D), and looking to make it 6. Since Garbett become a starter (last 10 matches), they have 7W, 1D & 2L. One of those losses away to Thomas's league leading Zwolle.
Edit 2 - Breda down to 10 men from 58 mins.
Edit 3 - 10 men Breda hold on for a 2-0 win. Garbett off at 64 mins (2-0). Breda unbeaten in 6 games go 5th.
So Breda are confirmed for the pro/rel playoffs. They look an in form team, so hopefully they can give it a real crack for promotion to the Eredivisie.
Matt Garbett has signed a permanent deal with NAC Breda until 2025, with the option of a further year.
He's very much impressed in their Eredivisie push while on loan from Torino. Obviously a disappointment if they don't secure promotion https://t.co/E1dyJ9EmXQ
Can't find any official figures for this...someone on a Torino forum reckons it was 250-300k (euro) but take that with a handful of salt. Shame things didn't work out at all for him at Torino. He had looked head and shoulders above his peers in the Primavera league but was never given an opportunity with the first team. Anyway, onwards and upwards.
Thought Garbett may just have waited to see if Breda were promoted first.
Breda (5th) host Heracles (1st). Garbs & his mates can do fellow Kiwi Thomas a big favour with a win, plus make a real statement they are a big chance in the upcoming promotion playoffs.
Thought Garbett may just have waited to see if Breda were promoted first.
Breda (5th) host Heracles (1st). Garbs & his mates can do fellow Kiwi Thomas a big favour with a win, plus make a real statement they are a big chance in the upcoming promotion playoffs.
Six teams from the Eerste Divisie will scrap it out over two legs. Winners advance. FC Eindhoven vs Almere City is one game, VVV-Venlo vs Willem II is another. Then also NAC Breda face MVV. The victors of those first two games will meet each other over two legs in the semis while Breda are on the side of the draw which gets to face the third-to-last team in the Eredivisie in the next round. FC Emmen are those jerries. After that comes the two-legged final to decide the lone team that’ll join Zwolle and Heracles in going up (or, in the case of Emmen, staying up).
Six teams from the Eerste Divisie will scrap it out over two legs. Winners advance. FC Eindhoven vs Almere City is one game, VVV-Venlo vs Willem II is another. Then also NAC Breda face MVV. The victors of those first two games will meet each other over two legs in the semis while Breda are on the side of the draw which gets to face the third-to-last team in the Eredivisie in the next round. FC Emmen are those jerries. After that comes the two-legged final to decide the lone team that’ll join Zwolle and Heracles in going up (or, in the case of Emmen, staying up).
Here’s a graphic...
That's gotta be up there with most games played in the playoffs to achieve promotion.
Six teams from the Eerste Divisie will scrap it out over two legs. Winners advance. FC Eindhoven vs Almere City is one game, VVV-Venlo vs Willem II is another. Then also NAC Breda face MVV. The victors of those first two games will meet each other over two legs in the semis while Breda are on the side of the draw which gets to face the third-to-last team in the Eredivisie in the next round. FC Emmen are those jerries. After that comes the two-legged final to decide the lone team that’ll join Zwolle and Heracles in going up (or, in the case of Emmen, staying up).
Here’s a graphic...
That's gotta be up there with most games played in the playoffs to achieve promotion.
