The Vitesse Sentinel
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Noah Tamsamani could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.97
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.97, 1 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Match22 Aug 2026
Vitesse strike at the death to beat ADO Den Haag
There were 85 minutes on the clock and ADO Den Haag had all but banked the point. Football rarely reads the room, and Vitesse did not stop to explain themselves.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jur Schipper stands alone
6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
David Min is a medical away from Vitesse
The deal with Utrecht is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Vitesse
Alexander Büttner and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
One of their own: Noa El Hamdaoui
He is 18 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match22 Aug 2026
Vitesse see off ADO Den Haag
Three points for Vitesse, 1‑0 the final word against ADO Den Haag in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Timothy Fosu-Mensah falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Aug 2026
14 new faces, and Vitesse are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- Transfer targets Vitesse try to borrow Andreas Linde
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout The form table has caught Nathan Markelo