Official: Anderlecht have reinforced themselves with Van Crombrugge

FRIDAY, 2 AUGUST 2019, 15:46 - lajoya
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TRANSFERS Yesterday morning, Hendrik Van Crombrugge's name suddenly appeared again in the newspapers. The deal was officialized a few hours later. The goalkeeper comes over from KAS Eupen and signed a four-year commitment.


Background

Van Crombrugge (26) went through the youth teams of STVV and Standard Liège. At the Rouches he worked his way up to the first team, but there was no chance of playing. After three seasons with Standard, he left again for STVV. With the 'Canaries' it only came to one game, and in January 2013 his contract was terminated. Afterwards he was without a club for a few months.

In the summer of 2013, he signed a contract with KAS Eupen, then still active in second division. From the 2014/2015 season, he became the first keeper of the East Cantons, he played 172 games and managed to work his way up to the Red Devil. It did not (yet) come to a cap. In 2017 he briefly appeared on the radar of Ajax Amsterdam, but Van Crombrugge said no to the team from Amsterdam, since he was not interested in a role as a second keeper.

Need

The interest in Van Crombrugge is not new. Anderlecht already checked the conditions last summer, but dropped out after hearing the high asking price from Eupen. Anderlecht then resolutely went for Thomas Didillon, but the goalkeeper was weighed and found to be too light. Davy Roef also indicated several times that he was heading for a departure, so a new goalie was by no means a superfluous luxury.

Van Crombrugge's current commitment expired in June 2020, and Eupen was already anticipating a departure from Van Crombrugge with the arrival of Ortwin De Wolf (Sporting Lokeren). It is not yet known how much Anderlecht will pay for the 26-year capstone, but various sources report a transfer fee of around € 2 million.

 





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