The Vitesse Sentinel
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Vitesse go back to the board over Maarten Paes
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $6.9M — a club that wants Maarten Paes enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Timothy Januzaj is a medical away from Vitesse
The deal with Mouscron 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Enoch Mastoras will not be coming to Vitesse
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at AZ is saying, and nobody at Vitesse is enjoying the guessing.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Graduation day at Vitesse
5 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
One of our own: Virgil Berghuis joins the Vitesse first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Virgil Berghuis 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 Patrick Babel from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Patrick Babel 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 Memphis Simons from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Memphis Simons 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
Virgil Van de Beek steps up from the Vitesse academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Virgil Van de Beek 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.
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.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Vitesse
- Squad Mees Hilgers is a square peg at Vitesse
- Squad A row about effort at Vitesse