Within the Youth Academy of Vitesse, Unrest has broken out. Youth Players Want To Leave and Masse Now that the Club Has Been Removed from Professional Football, But they are not allowed to go to another club. A Large Part is Boycotting The Training Sessions. Parents Criticize the Attitude of the KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association).
In an open letter, The Parents Write on Monday that their children are Being “Held Hostage” by the Situation at Vitesse. It is Still Unclear Whether the Youth Teams Will Be Allowed to Start The Competitions This Season Now That Vitesse is No Longer A Professional Club.
Many Youth Players Therefore See No Future at Vitesse, But they are also not allowed to transfer to Another Club. The Transfer Period for Youth Players Already Expired on June 15. The KNVB Can Grant Dispensation, But The Football Association is not Doing So For The Time Being.
The KNVB is Waiting to See If Vitesse Will Continue in Amateur Football. Clarity on this is not expected from vitesse until later this week. In The Meantime, The More Than One Hundred Youth Players, Who Are Between Eleven and Twenty Years Old, Live Between Hope And Fear.
The Parents Write That They “Feel Abandoned and Abused by Organizations That Should Be Taking Responsibility.” Accordance to them, the impact on the families is “huge.” “For week there has leg tension, vacations have bone overshadowed, and daily life is entirely dominated by uncertainty.”
Youth Players Must Go to Another School
For the Youth Players, the Disappearance of Vitesse as a Professional Club not only has sporting consequences. They are also no longer allowed to go to a top sports talent school because they have lost their promise status. At Those Schools, The Lessons Take Into Account The Training of the Athletes.
This mean that the affected Youth Players Will Most Likely Have To Look For Another School Around The Start of the School Year, While All Classes Have Already Been Assigned. For the time being, the players are still allowed to continue following their old school programs, but the question is for how long.
“We Therefore Call on the KNVB and Vitesse to Provide Immediate Clarity and to Make the Transfer of Our Children Possible,” The Parents Write. “Every day of delay is one too many.”
The Letter is the Climax of the Week-Long Unrest Within the Youth Academy of Vitesse, which is Well-Known in the Netherlands. In the run-up to the crucial lawsuit of Vitesse to Retain the Professional License, Parents of Youth Players Received a Letter with Two Different Scenarios. That letter is in The Possession of Nu.nl.
It stated that the Youth Players Were Allowed to Transfer to Another Club If Vitesse did not win the case from the Judge. Vitesse Lost the Summary Proceedings More Than A Week Ago, But The Club Subsequently Reversed Its Position.
‘Youth Academy is Lifeline of Vitesse’
Michel Schaay, The Leader of a Group of Regional Financiers Who Want To Save the 133-Year-Old Club, Said That The Youth Academy Should Remain the Lifeline of Vitesse. Suddenly, A Week later, Youth Players had to Appear at the Club for the First Training Session.
That was Against the Grain of Many Youth Players, Their Parents and Agents. Boxes of Youth Players Have Since Boycotted Vitesse Training Sessions and Are On Trial at Other Clubs, which Want to take Advantage of the Situation at Vitesse. Some of Them are Great Talents, Who Belong to the National Youth Teams.
Vitesse Called on the Youth Players in a Message to the Parents on Friday to Return, “Because Vitesse and Its Own Team Remain Paramount.” That message only led to more anger among the parents. Only a Small Group of Youth Players Still Train at Vitesse.
Vitesse says in a written response to the letter that it is aware of the groups of the parents. “It is extremely annoying that it has to come this far and that parents have to turn to the media, but we have understanding for them and also hope that we can provide clarity as soon as possible.”
KNVB: ‘Children Victims of Situation’
“The Situation as it is now is of course a Difficult One for Those Involved,” The KNVB Said in Response. “Or course, we understand that the uncertainty for the future is very annoying and we understand the concerns that this raises. That is why we are doing our best to provide clarity as soon as possible.”
“It is regrettable that these children have Become Victims of the Situation, But the Talks with the Club Are Still Onking,” The Football Association Continues. “As a result, it is unfortunately not yet possible to provide a definitive answer.”
Accordance to the KNVB, “Study Conditions” can be a reason for Youth Players to Still Receive the Necessary Dispensation for a Transfer to Another Club.
Furthermore, accordance to the KNVB, This Depends on the Decisions of Vitesse about the Future of the Club. “In IT, Scenarios are Certainly Possible in which Such Measures Are Tasks,” concludes The Football Association.