Marco van Ginkel promised star role after agreeing £9m Chelsea move
• Mourinho convinced Vitesse Arnham midfielder to join• 20-year-old seen as successor to Frank LampardJosé Mourinho personally assured Marco van Ginkel that he would be granted significant first-team...
View ArticleSwansea City confirm club record £12m transfer deal for Wilfried Bony
• Striker's move subject to work permit clearance• Newcastle had been tracking Ivory Coast internationalSwansea City have completed the £12m club record signing of the striker Wilfried Bony from the...
View ArticleChelsea and Vitesse Arnhem links investigated by the Dutch FA
• Former owner claims club were manipulated by 'London'• Chelsea currently have four players on loan at VitesseThe Dutch Football Federation has launched an investigation into the ownership structure...
View ArticleCesc Fábregas gets first goal for Chelsea in 3-1 win at Vitesse Arnhem
• Midfielder scores from free-kick in friendly in Holland• Mohamed Salah and Nemanja Matic chip in with a goal eachCesc Fábregas scored his first goal for Chelsea as they beat Vitesse Arnhem 3-1 in...
View ArticleChelsea’s Josh McEachran joins Vitesse Arnhem on season-long loan
• 21-year-old undertakes fifth spell away from the club• McEachran becomes 15th loaned-out Chelsea playerChelsea have confirmed that their midfielder Josh McEachran has joined the Dutch side Vitesse...
View ArticleChelsea set to sign Croatia forward Andrej Kramaric for £7m
• Blues will immediately loan the forward to Vitesse Arnhem• Leicester City had trumped Chelsea with offer of £7.8m• Owen Gibson: charting Chelsea’s on-loan players• Chelsea in discussions over buying...
View ArticleChelsea loanee Wallace released after arrest over alleged incident in Arnhem
• Brazilian released after arrest in the early hours of Friday• Full-back fined by Vitesse and dropped for Saturday’s game at ExcelsiorThe young Chelsea full-back Wallace Oliveira dos Santos has been...
View ArticleSouthampton 3-0 Vitesse | Europa League third qualifying round match report
• Southampton 3-0 Vitesse • Pellè 36, Tadic 45 pen, Long 84Southampton had waited 12 years for this. During their darker days in League One when they were faced by the threat of liquidation, a return...
View ArticleChelsea’s Dominic Solanke joins Vitesse Arnhem on season-long loan
• 17-year-old moves to Dutch Eredivisie side• Solanke was part of team which won FA Youth Cup last seasonThe striker Dominic Solanke has joined Vitesse Arnhem on a season-long loan from Chelsea, the...
View ArticleRiot police intervene after Southampton and Vitesse Arnhem supporters clash
• Fans clash in buildup to second leg of Europa League match• Riot police and horses called in after glasses, chairs and punches thrownTrouble broke out before Southampton’s Europa League match at...
View ArticleVitesse Arnhem 0-2 Southampton (0-5 agg) | Europa League match report
• Vitesse Arnhem 0-2 Southampton (0-5 agg)• Pellè 4, Mané 89Ronald Koeman’s return to Vitesse Arnhem was a painful one but at least the Southampton manager can take some comfort in his side’s safe...
View ArticleDirk Kuyt’s second hat-trick in a week helps Feyenoord keep pace wtih Ajax
• Kuyt has scored 10 goals in as many matches this season• Feyenoord trail Ajax at Eredivisie summit on goal differenceDirk Kuyt scored a hat-trick for a second successive weekend to help Feyenoord...
View ArticleRising football stars: 10 players to watch in 2017
Gabriel Jesus, about to join Manchester City, and Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer, Ben Woodburn, are among the game’s best prospectsKeïta was relatively unheralded outside Austria when he left RB...
View ArticleHow Chelsea’s links to Vitesse Arnhem run deeper than the public was told |...
Chelsea and Vitesse have always said they have no formal ownership link but a series of emails reveals the key involvement of senior Stamford Bridge executives in the 2010 takeover of the Eredivisie...
View ArticleBrighton’s Davy Pröpper: ‘The Premier League was very important for me’
The Dutch midfielder has banished the self-doubt that scarred his early career and has settled swiftly into a central role at Brighton since his move from PSVIt does not take Davy Pröpper long to...
View ArticleJake Clarke-Salter: ‘I was with players I played with on PlayStation. Crazy’
Chelsea’s defender, on loan at Vitesse Arnhem, draws comfort from Sergio Ramos after three red cards in his fledging careerAs the referee reached for his back pocket less than half an hour into Vitesse...
View Article'Work harder, think smarter': inside the world of upwardly mobile Vitesse
Dutch club’s sporting director Johannes Spors on Chelsea links, Brexit’s impact and strategy that could deliver a European spotJohannes Spors has spent considerable time immersed in football club...
View Article'You learn from the best': Albania's Broja thankful for Chelsea schooling
The Stamford Bridge graduate is flowering with Vitesse and is eager to face his Chelsea teammates playing for England“I don’t normally get nervous before games,” Armando Broja says. But this was...
View ArticleNuno gamble backfires as Vitesse stun Tottenham’s second-string
Vitesse 1-0 Tottenham HotspurSpurs fall down to third in Group GThe Tottenham manager, Nuno Espírito Santo, says his side can still qualify for the knockout stages of the Europa Conference League...
View ArticleTottenham hang on to beat Vitesse in Antonio Conte’s furious first match
Tottenham 3-2 VitesseSon gets Conte off mark before Romero sees redThree goals to the good inside 28 minutes, it felt as though Antonio Conte was set fair to enjoy himself in his first game in charge...
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