{"id":656373,"date":"2025-07-01T13:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=656373"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:23:18","slug":"brian-de-keersmaecker-joins-oxford-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/07\/01\/brian-de-keersmaecker-joins-oxford-united\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian De Keersmaecker Joins Oxford United"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oxford United<\/a> have made their first signing of the summer with the arrival of Belgian midfielder, Brian De Keersmaecker.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old has joined the U’s from Dutch side, Heracles, where he has spent the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/strong>: Jamie Cumming Signs New Deal With Championship Club\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Oxford United Make First Signing of the Summer<\/h2>\n

Who Is Brian De Keersmaecker?<\/h3>\n

Born in Bornem, Belgium, Brian De Keersmaecker spent time at several youth academies before breaking through at Beerschot in 2019.<\/p>\n

The midfielder also spent time on loan at FC Eindhoven before joining the Eerste Divisie side on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n

He then joined Eredivisie side Heracles in 2023 and has since scored seven goals and added six assists from 70 appearances.<\/p>\n

A tough-tackling midfielder, De Keersmaecker is know for getting stuck in but also helping his side up the pitch.<\/p>\n

The Heracles captain was linked with a move to Danish side FC Midtjylland in January but a move was blocked with the condition of a departure this summer.<\/p>\n

What Was Said<\/h3>\n

Speaking after signing, he said:<\/a> \u201cI\u2019ve shown at previous clubs that I can be a very important player. It is my aim that I can do the same here at Oxford United and be even better than before.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere have been a lot of conversations with the people at the club. I spoke to the head coach several times and he gave me a good feeling that I am going to be important here.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a big step in my own self development. I\u2019m ready for this challenge, to move to a new city, and perform in such a competitive league.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a player, I\u2019m very aggressive. As soon as we lose the ball, I want to get it back as quickly as possible. You will always see me giving 100 percent for the cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will do everything I can to bring more success to this Club, and I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head Coach, Gary Rowett, said: \u201cBrian was a player who was brought to my attention very early on when I joined the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the chance to watch Brian play in person last season and you could see his attributes immediately. He can control a game of football with his quality in possession, and he also has an outstanding work rate off the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a fantastic addition to the group. We feel he is ready to be an important player for the club and will raise the level of our ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oxford United have made their first signing of the summer with the arrival of Belgian midfielder, Brian De Keersmaecker. The 25-year-old has joined the U’s from Dutch side, Heracles, where he has spent the past two seasons. Read More: Jamie Cumming Signs New Deal With Championship Club\u00a0 Oxford United Make First Signing of the Summer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":656388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8430,33,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oxford-united","category-championship","category-league-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656373"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":656378,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656373\/revisions\/656378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}