Documents uncovered by the Guardian and TBIJ appear to show Dutch club received more than €100m from Russian oligarch

The Dutch football association is preparing to launch an investigation into alleged financial ties between the top division club Vitesse Arnhem and the Russian oligarch and former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.

It comes after the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) uncovered documents that appear to show that Abramovich secretly poured more than €100m into Vitesse.

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