Considering Chelsea and Vitesse have a clear unofficial link I thought it would be ideal to start a thread on the relationship. We can discuss our players that are on loans there and the progress that Vitesse are making.
The link appears to come from Abramovich's and Jordania (Vitesse owner) personal relationship. They were introduced through another Russian billionaire and Jordania has said that he speaks to Abramovich on a weekly basis and often goes to Chelsea games with him.
Jordania appears to be very shady though and this could be the reason why no official link will be made. He was once president of the Georgian Football Federation, but following allegations of corruption he was sacked. He has been to prison twice. Once for tax evasion and the other for embezzlement.
Many questions have been asked as to where Jordania has acquired such money to invest. He owns a business that arrange the transfer of Georgian players to foreign countries and arranging TV contracts. It is considered to be a small business with little profit. Certainly not enough to run a football club. It is thought that Jordania is receiving funds from an outside investor, using the club as a project. The obvious person that the media suspect is Abramovich.
It is thought that Chelsea have 1st dibs or ownership of some of Vitesse's younger players. These include:
Giorgi Chanturia - 19 year old Georgian winger who signed from Barcelona
Alex and Anderson Santos - 20 year old, twin brothers. Very much like Fabio and Rafael of Man Utd. One plays left back the other right back.
Valeri Kazaishvilli - Another 19 year old Georgian winger.
Renato Iberra - 21 year old, promising winger
We currently have two players on loan there:
Patrick Van Aanholt - Started shaky and was not always in the first team, but he started to find his feet at the end of last season.
Tomas Kalas - One of Vitesse better players last season. Looks very promising and comfortable.
Vitesse managed to qualify for the Euorpa League last season. They entered in the second qualifying round and beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv 7-5 on aggregate. Although there next game is against the new kids on the block. Russian billionaires FC Anzhi Makhachkala. Guus Hiddink is currently the manager and top players include; Chris Samba; Samuel Eto'o; and Yuri Zhirkov. The first leg is to be played on Thursday with the second a week later.
I'll try update this thread as much as I can.