The Vitesse Sentinel
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitesse pay Quilmes $740.0K for a proper upgrade
Quilmes did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $740.0K for Aaron Spetale, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Vitesse
Alexander Büttner was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Vitesse
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcus Steffen signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcus Steffen commits to Vitesse for another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Quincy Van Dijk joins the Vitesse first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Quincy Van Dijk is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitesse promote Denzel Dost from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Denzel Dost has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Ryan Klaassen steps up from the Vitesse academy
- Squad Michel Driezen falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Aaron Spetale banks a contract that will last him
- Boardroom Vitesse spend where nobody can see it