Vitesse takeover under pressure: ‘In the worst case, loss of professional license’ | OneFootball

Vitesse Arnhem’s takeover is under pressure, as per reports from VoetbalPrimeur and De Gelderlander. Differences are said to have arisen as the five foreign Vitesse investors have failed to share ‘essential’ and ‘necessary’ information with the licensing committee of the KNVB.

The side bottom of the Keuken Kampioen Divisie recently received a new points penalty, and more sanctions may follow. In the worst case, their professional license may even be revoked.

‘Vitesse and the new owners are currently at a dead end’, De Gelderlander outlines . The regional newspaper refers to sources around the club. Vitesse is allegedly ‘willingly and knowingly’ trying to circumvent the licensing committee again. ‘But the new owners simply have to comply with the information obligation to the football association. Down to the last detail.’

The five that want to take over Vitesse are trying to avoid the approval process by means of a minority share (each less than 25 percent). ‘According to insiders, they are looking for loopholes in the law’, it sounds. But details about the deal with Coley Parry will have to be shared. ‘The question will undoubtedly also remain where their money comes from.’

Vitesse recently had three points deducted. ‘The sanction is a signal that withholding information will not be tolerated.’ The situation in Arnhem is currently said to be ‘very worrying’. ‘There is a strong suspicion that a sham construction has been set up in Arnhem, with Parry as the architect.’ The investors deny that scenario.

‘The whole course of events, and the new series of complications, are now putting Vitesse’s continued existence at stake’, sources tell De Gelderlander. If Vitesse continues to avoid the obligations of the licensing committee, more sanctions are expected to follow, including penalty points and fines. ‘And in the worst case, that could also be at the expense of the professional license.’

GBeNeFN | Max Bradfield