“I think it’s really a scandalous decision,” said the club’s captain from Arnhem. Büttner debuted in 2008 at Vitesse in professional football. He left for Manchester United four years later and returned to the club from the capital of Gelderland for the second time last year.
Cloth falls for Vitesse: Arnhem club loses summary proceedings about professional license
“That is why this is so hard for me,” he said. “I know everyone at this club. I owe everything to Vitesse. Vitesse is much more than just football for me,” said Büttner.
“This is such a big club too. You saw that yesterday with all those supporters at the court. The players group was just informed. Everyone was quiet. I am now going to my children. On Monday we will come together again and then I think I have to look for a new club.”
Response KNVB
The KNVB says on Friday in a response to losing the professional license. “The fact that a professional football club has lost its license is drastic. Not only for the club itself, but also for fans, sponsors, partners, employees and all others who are directly or indirectly involved in Vitesse. We understand very well that this hurts and is a very difficult moment for them,” said the football association in a statement.
“It has become painfully clear how great the impact can be when a club does not structurally meet the licensing system,” the KNVB continues.
Vitesse supporters on the Korenmarkt © ANP/HH
“It is important to emphasize that the clubs have drawn up together with the KNVB rules to ensure the integrity and continuity of the competitions in professional football. These rules are controlled by the independent License Committee and the Professional Committee on License Affairs. We are fully behind (the decisions of) this commissies and also the judge are also the judge of the judge to also the judge to the judge also to the judge’s judge and also the judge to be the judge of the judge and also the judge of the judge and the judge also to the judge and the judge also to be the judge of these organes of the judge and also the judge of the judge and the judge is also of the judge of this of these organs. suspend. “
What does Mayor Marcouch say about decision?
Mayor Ahmed Marcouch speaks of a sad day for Vitesse and the whole of Arnhem now that the club does not get the professional license back. “Because Vitesse and Arnhem belong together,” he says. “The matches in Gelredome, the yellow-black everywhere in the city, young football players that develop their football talents, but also the many programs that Vitesse has been running in our neighborhoods for many years. Vitesse is so much more than ninety minutes of football.”
Mayor Ahmed Marcouch © Pro Shots
Marcouch thought it was nice to see how many inhabitants of his city left behind Vitesse. He also sees hope for the future. “I am proud of all supporters, entrepreneurs and social partners who have fought shoulder to shoulder in a very positive way for the preservation of yellow-black for Arnhem. And I sincerely hope they will continue to do so.”
“Withdrawing the professional license is a big blow to Club and City. The whole of Arnhem is now licking its wounds. At the same time, it offers an opportunity for Vitesse, with Arnhem resilience, to reinvent itself and to return stronger. The club will not be the first, prove various examples from home and abroad.”