Andy Najar is still recovering from his knee injury and is hoping to join the group's training sessions as of December. Both Anderlecht as Najar want to make sure the defender is ready to play as of next year in January. Read more »
Uros Spajic joined Anderlecht in the final minutes of the transfer window on loan trial, but Spajic claims it was not an impulsive decision to sign him. "Anderlecht have been following me since I played at Red Star Belgrade", he claims. Spajic played as right back against Charleroi and left a good impression. Read more »
Fabrice N'Sakala looks back at his period at Anderlecht and sounds quite rancorous. It looks very unlikely he will ever come back to the Astridpark. However, the Anderlecht board does not deny a word of N'Sakala's statements. A brief summary. Read more »
The national U21 team defeated Malta with a 2-3 score. Youri Tielemans opened the score after only three minutes through a penalty kick. Read more »
Samy Bourard signed a contract at Saint Trond. He signed for two seasons with a clause for a possible third one. "I am happy to be back here", he reacted. "This may look like a step backwards, but I need to play in the first team at this stage of my career." Read more »
Ivan Obradovic played three matches with the U21 and seems to be ready to play with the first team. He is expected to be taking in his spot on the left back in the next match against Sporting Charleroi. Read more »
Massimo Bruno underwent medical tests at the Energy Lab in Ghent today and signed an agreement with Anderlecht. Bruno was delighed with the move back to Brussels. "This feels like coming back home. I am delighted to be here and will give whatever it takes to please the fans here." Read more »
National coach Roberto Martinez called up Leander Dendoncker to replace the injured Marouane Fellaini. The Red Devils are playing a friendly match against Spain and a WC qualification match against Cyprus next week. Read more »
Mahmoud Hassan is joining Mouscron on a loan trial until the end of the season. Also Charleroi was interested to land the player. Anderlecht would like to add a clause to the deal that allows them to call back the player in the winter transfer window. Read more »
Hamdi Harbaoui makes a move from Udinese to Anderlecht, and Stefano Okaka is going the opposite way: he signs at Watford and will be playing for Udinese on loan trial. As Anderlecht have a new striker, Idrissa Sylla is likely to leave Brussels. Harbaoui joins Anderlecht on a free transfer, his contract at Udinese was broken on a mutual agreement. Read more »
The Red Devils are having their training sessions at the Anderlecht complex in Neerpede. As Marouane Fellaini fell out due to an injury, they were one player short. National coach Roberto Martinez asked one Anderlecht player as a stand-in, and Michaël Heylen was the lucky one. Read more »
Anderlecht left a good impression during the first match of the new season in the Vanden Stock Stadium. Especially the second half was impressive, with four goals in favour or Anderlecht. Newcomer Theodorzcyk immediately scored and gave an assist. Read more »
Two days after the Champions League elimination, Anderlecht know their opponents for the Europa League play-off. And it's a difficult one: Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic. Van Kessel and Skoda are the two most dangerous players. Both of them have a nose for goals and already scored in earlier stages of the qualification round. Read more »
Lukasz Teodorczyk will soon join Anderlecht. His current club Dynamo Kiev has already announced his departure to Anderlecht on their website. The Polish striker will be loaned for one year, but apparently the Mauves were also able to obtain an option for a permanent transfer. In that case, the club will have to pay 5 million. Read more »
Olivier Deschacht has recovered from his injury and is ready to play again. The defender will be on the bench for tonight's match against Rostov. Praet and Okaka are still not fit enough and won't be in the selection. Read more »
Within less than half an hour, Anderlecht will start their European campaign in the Champions League qualification round. The opponent will be the Russian club Rostov. Stefano Okaka did not travel with the team to Russia. He has been sent to the B-team. Read more »
Dennis Praet won't fly to Rostov with the team next week. The midfielder is officially injured, but may be suffering from another case of 'transfer fever'. Several Italian and Spanish clubs are still interested in the player, who absolutely wants to leave. Yet up until now, no club is willing to pay the necessary transfer fee. Read more »
Anderlecht beat the Dutch club Heerenveen in a friendly match tonight. The final score was 3-1, but Anderlecht did not play a convincing match, even against a ten manned Heerenveen. Read more »
According to the Italian press, Sampdoria offered 8 million euro for Dennis Praet plus a possible bonus of one million. That same media mentions an agreement between Anderlecht and the Italian club, but manager Van Holsbeeck denies: "there is no agreement whatsoever with Sampdoria". Read more »
Anderlecht also won their third friendly match of the season. The final score was 1-4, but surely the first half was quite poor. Nathan Kabasele, Sofiane Hanni and Trézéguet made a good impression. Read more »
Filip Djuricic is tired of waiting for Anderlecht and asked his manager to look out for another team. It looks unlikely he will return back to Benfica Lisbon. However, there is interest from several Italian, Russian and Spanish teams. Read more »
Dennis Praet did not play against Bornem tonight, he was sidelined out of precaution. "He has a groin injury", is the official statement. Read more »
Sport/Voetbalmagazine are reporting Stefano Okaka is not moving to China, he is returning to Brussels next week. The player apparently never negotiated with any Chinese teams and just wants to stay at Anderlecht to ensure he stays in the picture for a selection for the World Championship in 2018. Read more »
Belgium's golden generation has been eliminated by a relatively modest opponent: Wales. Tactical blunders of a clueless coach Wilmots proved fatal this time, despite an excellent start of the match. A unique chance to reach the final has been lost. And for a small country such as Belgium, that is a disaster. Chances like these don't come along very often... Read more »
Anderlecht played against Oudenaerde yesterday without some of their key players. Dennis Praet suffers from a minor injury, Sofiane Hanni is also out with an injury. Read more »
Matias Suarez was expected back in Brussels this week, but the Argentinian striker renewed his medical certificate and will be absent until 4 July. The Anderlecht board does not trust this situation, and is sending a control doctor to the player in Argentina. Read more »
Anderlecht will be training and playing with the new European Championship ball, called "Fracas". The new ball was tested yesterday, also chairman Roger Vanden Stock was present. Read more »
Mahmoud Hassan and Idrissa Sylla met coach René Weiler for the first time yesterday. Both players successfully passed their medical tests at the Energy Lab in Ghent. Also Matias Suarez is expected back this week. Read more »
Matias Suarez' sick leave is ending today and the Argentinian striker is expected back in Brussels tomorrow. Anderlecht are also negotiating with Pescara tomorrow on a possible move of the player. Read more »
La Capitale reported Anderlecht are interested in their former striker Dieumerci Mbokani but RSC Anderlecht are sending out an official announcement that a possible return is totally out of the question. Read more »
Ibrahima Conté joined the rest of the group at Anderlecht today. As he had to play with his national team, he had a couple of days extra off. "I am happy to resume the training", he announced on Twitter. Read more »
Coach René Weiler left a positive first impression at Anderlecht. He has a demanding and direct way of coaching and asks the maximum from his players. New signing Sofiane Hanni trained for the first time and showed he is eager to play. Read more »
"René Weiler has always been our first option", Herman Van Holsbeeck stated in front of the press. "We need to give him time to adapt to this new environment and to build a new team. Anderlecht need to find back their identity." Read more »
Kara is still in Senegal as he recently played a match with his national team. However, he gave an impression on his first season in the Astridpark. Read more »
The medical tests were scheduled at Neerpede today. The usual players were present, but there were also several familiar faces that did not often appear on the training pitch last season. Amongst them: Anthony Vanden Borre, Aaron Leya Iseka and Samuel Bastien. Read more »
Dennis Appiah will join RSC Anderlecht. The player has to fill up the vacant right back position. Appiah will leave his club Caen and signed in Brussels for five years. According to the French media, the Mauves paid three million euro for the defender. Read more »
