The Vitesse Sentinel
Market15 Nov 2027
Nathan Markelo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vitesse, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Words exchanged at Vitesse
Remco Balk 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 dugout15 Nov 2027
Nathan Markelo frozen out at Vitesse
This is not rotation. Nathan Markelo has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Vitesse is pretending otherwise.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Levent Mercan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout15 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Nordin Bakker
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Nathan Markelo wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Vitesse know it.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Benjamin Parlov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Benjamin Parlov and Vitesse agree another 5 years.
Market15 Nov 2027
Mitchel Bakker linked with a move away
The name of Mitchel Bakker keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Vitesse say nothing, which says plenty.
Looking ahead15 Nov 2027
Sven Mijnans faces his old club
Willem II next, and one man in the Vitesse dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
In brief
- The dugout Dylan Tevreden has become a man the manager trusts
- The dugout A door opens for Alexander Büttner
- Looking ahead An away day at Willem II next for Vitesse