The Vitesse Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Pedro Ferreira would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Pedro Ferreira is living that version at Vitesse, and it tends to show in the first month.
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
5 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: Joel Strootman joins the Vitesse first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joel Strootman 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
Marco Klaassen steps up from the Vitesse academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marco Klaassen has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Denzel Gravenberch joins the Vitesse first team
- Market Vitesse promote Denzel Strootman from within
- Squad Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
- Boardroom Vitesse spend where nobody can see it