Ryan Babel

Central Defender - Vitesse U18
27 Dec 2026
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Marked for Ryan Babel

21 Edition

The Vitesse Sentinel

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad21 Dec 2026

Real improvement from Geronimo Londar at Vitesse

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Geronimo Londar is 19, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Tempers go at Vitesse

Jorrit Hendrix 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.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Vitesse lose Ryan Babel

43 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad21 Dec 2026

Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Chiel Olde Keizer is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Jorrit Hendrix was the difference for Vitesse

Marked 7.20. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Frenkie Depay on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Frenkie Depay after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Player ratings21 Dec 2026

Elias Huth runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 13. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Yuval Ranon dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

The dugout21 Dec 2026

Michel Driezen is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Vitesse Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market10 Aug 2026

Feyenoord come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Vitesse did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Vitesse bid $440.0K for Lars de Blok

The offer went to VVV-Venlo 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

Marco Schikora 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

4 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.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jorrit Hendrix is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Vitesse rebuffed over Tristan Degreef

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Anderlecht have kept their man, and Vitesse go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market10 Aug 2026

Luuk Timber steps up from the Vitesse academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luuk Timber 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Jordy Frimpong steps up from the Vitesse academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jordy Frimpong 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Vitesse promote Ryan Babel from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ryan 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.

In brief