The Blossoming Relationship Of Chelsea-Vitesse Partnership

 Ever since Vitesse Arnhem were purchased by Georgian businessman Merab Jordania in 2010, the relationship between "Vitas" and Chelsea has considerably grown each year.
 A relationship which first blossomed between Jordania and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has now flourished into a full-blown affiliation in which both clubs are now dependent on each other.
In Jordania's first season in charge of Vitesse, the Blues gifted him with Nemanja Matic, Slobodan Rajkovic and Matej Delac on loan.

The deals were done in the fledgling hope that the three Eastern-Europeans would swiftly develop into important contributors to the Chelsea first-team.
Nevertheless, none of them prospered in the Chelsea squad, although Mourinho is now believed to be tracking Matic, who has flourished in the first-team for Portuguese giants Benfica.
Matic, 25, left the Blues in 2011, as part of the deal which brought David Luiz to Stamford Bridge. However, Matic has rapidly progressed into one of the most coveted tough-tackling midfielders in Europe, prompting Mourinho to attend the Serbia vs Croatia game, in order to scout the former fringe player.
As year two of Jordania's reign approached, Abramovich gifted him with the mercurial Tomas Kalas, Patrick van Aanholt and the attacking guile of Gael Kakuta. Consequently, the trio embarked on a journey towards the Eredivisie title, a journey which eventually ended in disappointment, yet gave all three players a considerable career boost, whilst highlighting the excellence of promising young colleagues Wilfried Bony and Marco Van Ginkel.
Chelsea have sent six players out on loan to Vitesse this summer, and not everyone in the Eredivisie is pleased about the influx of the Chelsea reserve squad.
NEC Nijmegen technical director Carlos Aalbers said: "This is a new situation for us in Dutch football and it is worthy of discussion. It is six players on loan from Chelsea at Vitesse, but if this trend continues it could be nine or 10.”
This year, Chelsea sent out Gael Kakuta, Patrick van Aanholt, Christian Atsu, Sam Hutchinson, Cristian Cuevas and Lucas Piazon in a blatant attempt to help Vitesse become even stronger contenders for the title.
Furthermore, Abramovich has helped fill the wounds which he may have left behind whilst purchasing Marco Van Ginkel for £8.3 million. Additionally, ex-loanee Kalas has graduated into Mourinho's first team squad, which swiftly triggered the deal for injury-stricken centre-back Hutchinson to join the Vitesse ranks to provide the athleticism and leadership which the domineering Kalas has vacated.
The Eredivisie is arguably the greatest developmental league in the world, with the likes of Robin van Persie, Luis Suarez and Arjen Robben all products of the Dutch giants Feyenoord, Ajax and PSV.
Whilst the Dutch giants are becoming younger by the year, Vitesse are reaping the rewards of an Eastern-European business deal which has raised the awareness of how English teams are moulding their reserves without the introduction of B teams within the English game.