The Vitesse Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
AZ tell Vitesse: Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Tijn Smolenaars
Vitesse and PSV have settled on $73.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Romeo Vermant turns down Vitesse
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Club Brugge keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kay Otakan signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kay Otakan commits to Vitesse for another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Vitesse bid $140.0K for Zakarya Khaldi
The offer went to Roda this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
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
Graduation day at Vitesse
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitesse promote Wesley Timber from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wesley Timber 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitesse promote Owen Klaassen from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Owen Klaassen 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 One of our own: Bas Aké joins the Vitesse first team
- Squad Elias Huth falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Talks stall between Vitesse and Connor van den Berg