The Vitesse Sentinel
Squad18 Sep 2045
Nathan Aké damages knee ligaments — 77 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 77 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market18 Sep 2045
Kenneth Janssen puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vitesse, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings18 Sep 2045
Noah Tamsamani, 36, rolls back the years — 7.91
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 7.91 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Squad18 Sep 2045
Words at Vitesse training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Virgil Lang 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.
Match16 Sep 2045
Utrecht take the points off Vitesse
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad18 Sep 2045
Calvin Lang out for 75 days
The medical room confirms 75 days on the sidelines for Calvin Lang, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Player ratings18 Sep 2045
Nobody could get near Kenneth Janssen
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad18 Sep 2045
Andre Miranda gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market18 Sep 2045
Patrick Van de Beek leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Patrick Van de Beek leaves Vitesse the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Quincy Janssen leaves for nothing
- Market Nikolaj Dalsgaard placed on the list