The Vitesse Sentinel
Squad10 May 2027
Samuel Soares falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad10 May 2027
Alexander Büttner in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vitesse this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 May 2027
A long bet from Vitesse on Bas Dijks
He is 15, and nobody at Vitesse signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 May 2027
A long bet from Vitesse on Luuk Timber
He is 15, and nobody at Vitesse signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 May 2027
Vitesse buy the years ahead of Calvin Malen
He is 15, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
Market10 May 2027
Vitesse sign Ryan Depay, one for the future
Ryan Depay is 15, and Vitesse have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Squad Aymen Sliti asks for a word with the manager
- Squad The manager makes an example of Connor van den Berg