THE Dutch club who become infamous for their influx of Chelsea loanees are reportedly on the brink of collapse.
Vitesse Arnhem were once branded “Chelsea B” after dozens of Blues players were sent on loan to Holland, including the likes of first-team stars Mason Mount and Armando Broja.
But the club are now reportedly in crisis and facing “collapse” due to a dispute over their stadium.
Dutch outlet Gelderlander report that the club face having their professional license withdrawn after they cancelled the lease on their ground.
The GelreDome has been at the centre of a row since 2018 as Vitesse objected to annual rent of £1.6m – they had to pay to landlord Michael van de Kuit.
The club wanted the fee to be reduced by De Kuit was reportedly not in favour of the move.
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The stadium lease is officially up at the end of September, giving Vitesse an immediately problem.
They currently would not meet the license requirements for next season and the report states that the Dutch FA, KNVB, has threatened to withdraw Vitesse’s professional license if there is no clarity on the situation by April 11.
It would be quite an abrupt chapter in the club’s 131-year history.
They are managed by former Derby boss Phillip Cocu and have been playing at the GelreDome since 1998.
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Vitesse are best known in England for effectively playing the role of a feeder club for Chelsea with 29 players spending temporary periods at the side over the past few years.
Along with Mount and Broja, the likes of Nemanja Matic, Patrick van Aanholt and Dominic Solanke have all had loan spells over in Holland.
Mount has gone on to have the most prominent Chelsea career of the loan players with the 24-year-old academy product going on to make 192 appearances for Chelsea.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
