Chairman Roger Vanden Stock also talked about Anthony Vanden Borre, and a possible return to the first team. The chairman is very disappointed in the player but still believes in his talent. "He is a son of the team", Vanden Stock states. Read more »
Chairman Roger Vanden Stock usually avoids to talk to the press, but every time he does it, he has some interesting things to tell. The chairman had some strong quotes about several Anderlecht players. Read more »
Charly Musonda Jr. moved from Anderlecht to Chelsea FC back in 2012, but never appeared in the first team in London. After having spent four years with the Chelsea U21, he now moves to Spanish side Betis Sevilla. "I am sure Musonda would have played in our first team", reacts Jean Kindermans, head of the youth department at Anderlecht. Read more »
Anderlecht accomplished four incoming transfers this transfer window and manager Herman Van Holsbeeck calls the past period successful. Unfortunately, the transfer of Carlos Mané was rejected by his coach. Read more »
Matias Suarez resumed the training sessions with the group after his knee injury. Leander Dendoncker and Fabrice N'Sakala (hip) are still training individually. Read more »
Anderlecht presented Alexander Büttner to the press this afternoon. The Dutchman left a very motivated impression. "If the coach needs me Friday, I am ready", he claims. Read more »
Leander Dendoncker is still training individually. Matias Suarez skipped the training session and stayed inside. More positive news: Steven Defour and Andy Najar trained with the rest of the group and also Frank Acheampong seems to be ready to play. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre still plays at Anderlecht. In the end, not a single team was interested to take over the defender. A meeting between Vanden Borre and the Anderlecht board is scheduled at the end of the week. Read more »
Anderlecht confirmed the transfer of Alexander Büttner. The Dutchman was presented today and gave a short interview. "I have a good feeling about this transfer. Anderlecht is a top team", he reacted. Read more »
Anderlecht found their new left defender in Russia. The Dutchman Alexander Büttner is joining Anderlecht on loan trial for six months. An option to purchase the player was not included in the agreement. Read more »
Frank Acheampong left the pitch with a knee injury against Sint-Truiden. "Frank has a cyst in the knee. That hurts when he is overstretching his leg", the coach explained. Read more »
Besnik Hasi was once again being criticized by the fans after the match against Sint-Truiden. Olivier Deschacht and Silvio Proto did not agree with the fans and discussed with the crowd after the game. Read more »
Frank Acheampong had to leave the pitch against Sint-Truiden after about 75 minutes. The fast defender caught a knee injury after an interception. It is not clear yet how severe the injury is. Read more »
Rafael Galhardo and Filip Djuricic will probably start the match against Sint-Truiden. That means that Nathan De Medina will also be called up as a stand-in for the right back position. De Medina is a central defender, but could also play on the right wing if needed. Read more »
The Anderlecht U21 have been eliminated from the Belgian Cup afer a 1-0 defeat against KV Malines. Anderlecht did not play bad, but in a match that could have gone either way Malines obtained the victory 15 minutes before the final whistle. Read more »
Roger Vanden Stock and Herman Van Holsbeeck had a serious word with the players this week. The weak performance of the last weeks was frustrating the Anderlecht board. Read more »
Besnik Hasi has difficulties for Friday's match against Sint-Truiden. Several players are out due to injuries and the coach will probably have to puzzle again. Andy Najar, Matias Suarez, Fabrice N'Sakala, Ibrahima Conté, Michaël Heylen and Leander Dendoncker are all unavailable. Read more »
Stephan Andersen, goalkeeper at FC Kopenhagen, caught an ankle injury and that could have been the perfect opportunity for Thomas Kaminski to take over his position. However, Kopenhagen just bought Robin Olsen. Kaminski will probably return to the bench. Read more »
To prepare for Friday's game, Anderlecht has been training on artificial grass turf in Forest the last few days. Leander Dendoncker did not train yet after his injury. Read more »
Anthony Vanden Borre's return is the talk of the town at Anderlecht these days. Journalist Peter Vandenbempt has a clear opinion. "The best solution for him and the team is that he just leaves." Read more »
STVV play their home matches on artificial grass turf, so Anderlecht are paying attention to this factor. They trained on an artificial pitch yesterday in the neighbourhood of Neerpede. New incoming transfer Filip Djuricic was also present. He showed some nice skills in yesterday's training session. Read more »
A return of Anthony Vanden Borre in the first team of Anderlecht seems likely again. What is your opinion about this? Do you think Anderlecht should offer a second chance to Vanden Borre after what happened in the past? Read more »
Aaron Leya Iseka, who tore the cruciate ligaments end of September, has resumed the training on the pitch today for the first time. "First training, what a joy", he posted on Twitter. Read more »
Anderlecht have two incoming transfers so far: Rafael Galhardo and Filip Djuricic. However, both players still need time to adapt. How much time? Time is running for Anderlecht. Read more »
Herman Van Holsbeeck declared once again his confidence in coach Besnik Hasi. "We will help the coach as long as we can but we also are not deaf for the comments of our fans. We just keep working hard." Read more »
Leander Dendoncker has recovered from his knee injury that kept him off the pitch for three weeks. He will probably start the match against Sint-Truiden this weekend. Read more »
Besnik Hasi got what he wanted: a new incoming transfer that should be an added value for Anderlecht. "Filip has the will to reach his best level at Anderlecht", Hasi reacted. Read more »
It is clear that Anderlecht are going to a difficult period and many annalists share their vision on what is going wrong. They are hard for coach Besnik Hasi, but also for the players. Read more »
Anderlecht only had six instead of seven players on the bench against Charleroi. Imoh Ezekiel was (officially) ill and Ibrahima Conté and Fabrice N'Sakala were out due to injuries. Read more »
