Overview
- Vermeij completed his first training session with Dynamo Dresden on Tuesday under coach Thomas Stamm.
- He said distance from his Netherlands home was his sole hesitation before finalizing the move from Fortuna Düsseldorf.
- His wife and two daughters are still scrambling to secure housing and school enrollment after a swift transfer disrupted the start of term in Saxony.
- A daily flight service between Dresden and Düsseldorf due to begin in September should ease his family’s travel logistics.
- He has recovered from a knee injury that sidelined him last season and is now in contention to make his competitive debut in Monday’s DFB-Pokal tie with Bundesliga side FSV Mainz.