Will Thelin or Santini get ready for Sunday?

INJURIES Anderlecht are worried about the position of the striker for the first competition match on Sunday. Ivan Santini and Isaac Kiese Thelin have been struggling with injuries for a while. Purple & White hopes to be able to get one of them ready, according to Het Laatste Nieuws.


If neither of them gets patched up in time, Vincent Kompany chooses Pieter Gerkens as the false nine. The 24-year-old Limburger is at his best as an infiltrating midfielder, but has a nose for goals. He scored seven times last season.

With Mohammed Dauda and Olivier Ciryack Dhauholou, Anderlecht still have two strikers in the spacious A-team, but apparently the young Africans do not have to hope for play opportunities on Sunday.