Vitesse Arnhemโs 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 โessentialโ and โnecessaryโ 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.
โVitesse and the new owners are currently at a dead endโ, De Gelderlander outlines . The regional newspaper refers to sources around the club. Vitesse is allegedly โwillingly and knowinglyโ trying to circumvent the licensing committee again. โBut the new owners simply have to comply with the information obligation to the football association. Down to the last detail.โ
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). โAccording to insiders, they are looking for loopholes in the lawโ, it sounds. But details about the deal with Coley Parry will have to be shared. โThe question will undoubtedly also remain where their money comes from.โ
Vitesse recently had three points deducted. โThe sanction is a signal that withholding information will not be tolerated.โ The situation in Arnhem is currently said to be โvery worryingโ. โThere is a strong suspicion that a sham construction has been set up in Arnhem, with Parry as the architect.โ The investors deny that scenario.
โThe whole course of events, and the new series of complications, are now putting Vitesseโs continued existence at stakeโ, 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. โAnd in the worst case, that could also be at the expense of the professional license.โ
GBeNeFNย |ย Max Bradfield
