It seems like a century ago, but refreshing the memory a little, Martin Odegaard played last season in the ranks of Vitesse. The Real Madrid footballer was loaned out to the Dutch team, just as he is now in the Real society. The Norwegian made a leap in quality playing in the Eredivisie, which has been phenomenal this season to stand out as one of the sensations of LaLiga. At Vitesse he marked
For that reason, Odegaard has a special affection for Vitesse and you have not thought about it when you have been able to lend a hand to your old club. After the Dutch league was suspended prematurely by COVID-19, the Dutch teams are already thinking about next season and have started their subscription campaign. For many of them, early termination has seriously affected them and they are at high economic risk. If in past dates, we learned that players like Luis Suárez or Van Dijk helped his former team, Groningen. This time, It has been Odegaard who has contributed his bit in the survival of the Vitesse.
This has been announced by the club itself on its website. A number of former players of the entity have wanted to help the club in solidarity and have bought season tickets for the coming season to donate them. “Former Vitesse players also show their unconditional support and have joined forces for a wonderful initiative. Especially at this time, they want to help the club through this difficult period. JTogether with them and our followers, an action was started in which they buy season tickets that they will later donate to the Vitesse Involved Foundation. Vitesse Involved will distribute these season tickets to families, supporters and organizations that, for various reasons, cannot buy it. And, of course, some of these fertilizers also benefit the heroes of health “, this is how the Vitesse thanked solidarity soccer players.
Nemanja Matic (Manchester United), Marco van Ginkel (Chelsea), Davy Pröpper (Brighton), Christian Atsu (Newcastle), Bryan Linssen, Marc van Hintum, Igor Gluscevic and Paulo Rink, along with the aforementioned Odegaard, have been some of the players who have collaborated in solidarity with Vitesse.