The Vitesse Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Tsuyoshi Watanabe at that price
Vitesse offered $8.0M; Feyenoord said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Naoufal Bannis again
The phone has started ringing about Naoufal Bannis again, and this time the name on the line is Feyenoord. Vitesse are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Vitesse go back to the board over Mika van der Horst
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $37.0K — a club that wants Mika van der Horst enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Tristan Degreef will not be coming to Vitesse
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Anderlecht is saying, and nobody at Vitesse is enjoying the guessing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Vitesse bid $32.0K for Mika van der Horst
The offer went to Volendam 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.
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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dender tell Vitesse: Guillaume Dietsch 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitesse promote Jordy De Vrij from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jordy De Vrij 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 Nathan De Jong from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan De Jong 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: Cody Timber joins the Vitesse first team
- Squad Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
- Squad Marcus Steffen signs a new deal