The Vitesse Sentinel
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
KV Oostende tell Vitesse: Hans Meunier is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market3 Aug 2026
Omar Achouitar hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Vitesse can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alexander Büttner signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexander Büttner and Vitesse agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Alexander Büttner in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vitesse this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Vitesse and Alexander Büttner
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Vitesse, another week without a signature from Alexander Büttner.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Vitesse
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chiel Olde Keizer was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Squad 5 new faces, and Vitesse are still learning each other
- Market 49 months and counting on Naoufal Bannis
- Market Dylan Tevreden is free to find somewhere else
- The dugout Marcus Steffen knocks on the manager’s door