"Some newcomers were not medically tested"

INTERVIEWS Hein Vanhaezebrouck is not surprised by the large number of injuries at Anderlecht. He said that at Play Sports yesterday. According to him, the fault lies with Marc Coucke. "Coucke kicks on big names. Sometimes an injury depends on it or they don't have the engine you hoped for."


According to Vanhaezebrouck, Anderlecht take too little account of the physical capacities of newcomers. "You are not going to drive Formula 1 with the engine of a Volkswagen. You screen players through and through beforehand. Sometimes you have to refuse something."

"At Anderlecht, players have arrived who have cost many millions and have not been checked," says Vanhaezebrouck. "There are people who always want to attract big names. If there is an injury, they don't mind. That was at Ostend and now also at Anderlecht. Coucke receives a kick from big names. There were new players who couldn't be tested. Sometimes you attract a player whose injury turns out to be worse than expected or who doesn't have the engine you were hoping for. "

"Medical staff not be blamed"

Vanhaezebrouck thinks that it is not right to point out to the medical staff for the many injuries. "If they don't get the permission to test the players in advance ..."

According to Vanhaezebrouck, mutual understanding within the medical staff was also not good when he was there. "There were four doctors at the time, but nobody knew who was responsible for what. They themselves will not come out with this, because then they will get fired."