At the start of the preparation, the battle for a place under the Utrecht bar went between Fabian de Keijzer from Leusden, who comes from the youth academy of FC Utrecht, and Mattijs Brandenhorst. The latter made the switch from NEC to FC Utrecht this summer. Two weeks ago, FC Utrecht still managed to capture Vasilis Barkas. He was choice number 1 under the crossbar last season and he seems to be that again this year.
Departure of a handful of FC Utrecht players seems imminent, four will not receive a back number
