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Desperate Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem have turned to crowdfunding in a bid to keep the club’s license to play in the first division next season and have raised over a million euros by Friday, with the club’s players donating their salaries to the cause.
Desperate Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem have turned to crowdfunding in a bid to keep the club’s license to play in the first division next season and have raised over a million euros by Friday, with the club’s players donating their salaries to the cause.
Vitesse were relegated from the top flight for the first time in 35 years this season after an 18-point deduction imposed by the Dutch football association for repeatedly breaching licensing conditions and providing wrong information to authorities.
Vitesse did not appeal the sanction but are facing a race against time to keep their license to compete at professional level next season.
Reports in the Netherlands say they have until the next license committee meeting on May 17 to meet certain criteria, with debts of 18.9 million euros ($20.35 million).
The club does not have to raise that amount, but it must prove that they have a sustainable plan for the future.
“Donations are coming in from every nook and cranny,” Vitesse captain Marco van Ginkel told the club’s website. “Of course, we as a group cannot be behind.
“That is why we have all decided to make a salary sacrifice for the club. We also hope to make a nice contribution. On to the two million!”
($1 = 0.9289 euro)
