"I also expect intellectual qualities"

INTERVIEWS After his resignation, it sounded that Hein Vanhaezebrouck made football too complicated. The coach does not agree with this. Andy Najar and Ryota Morioka, among others, get their criticism back as boomerangs.


"It is only a few players who found it too difficult. And they are no longer with Anderlecht, because under the next trainer they will no longer be able to play," Vanhaezebrouck tells Sporza. "When you play at Anderlecht, it is assumed that you have certain qualities. Not only technical, but also intellectual. Football intelligence."

"For some it might have been too difficult. But if I succeeded at Kortrijk, even in the second division, I can still assume that players from Anderlecht, who are supposed to be at a higher level, also understand."

"Najar got cold from being injured"

One of the players who openly criticized Vanhaezebrouck's departure was Andy Najar. According to the Honduran, the players stopped training too much to listen to tactical guidelines. "It made us cold", it sounded. "Najar has the cold of being injured so often," Vanhaezebrouck says in Het Laatste Nieuws. "During the period that I was there, he only trained with the group for two months."

"I can't be personal, but maybe Najar is one of the reasons why we didn't fight for the title last season until the last matchday," Vanhaezebrouck refers to the game against Standard where the right back was the basis of two goals against.

"Morioka just got a lot of freedom"

Ryota Morioka also denounced Vanhaezebrouck's approach. "With his walking and passing lines he makes robots from football players," he said after his departure to Charleroi. "Morioka just got a lot of freedom," says Vanhaezebrouck. The coach also refers to Sofiane Hanni and Danijel Milicivic who excelled in the same role. "Good players can become top players with me."