Thorgan Hazard sat next to Brian Riemer yesterday afternoon to address the press in attendance. It was immediately the player's official presentation. There, he explained more about his choice of RSC Anderlecht and the Red Devils were not an immediate reason for it. Read more »
Thorgan Hazard is a mauve and will wear the back number 11 at RSC Anderlecht. On the club website, the winger has already revealed that he is 'very happy to sign with Anderlecht'. Read more »
Antoine Colassin was loaned out to Heerenveen last season and may look elsewhere this season too, although nothing is concrete yet. Maybe RWDM will come up with the solution, the promoted side is still looking for Belgians to balance its selection. Read more »
There is little chance of Jannik Vestergaard coming to Anderlecht. That is what transfer journalist Sacha Tavolieri reports. According to him, the salary Anderlecht can offer Vestergaard does not match what the player expects. Read more »
The transfer market closes at 0h00 on Wednesday night, so not much time remains to finalise incoming transfers. According to transfer specialist Sacha Tavolieri, Anderlecht are talking to Leicester City's Dane Jannik Vestergaard. The 31-year-old central defender could solve a personnel shortage at the back as besides Debast, Vertonghen and Sardella, the selection no longer counts a pure central defender. Read more »
Anderlecht played 1-1 in Genk in an animated match in which a lot of cards were drawn. However, purple and white played almost the entire match against ten men after two quick yellow for Bah. Still, Genk remained the more dangerous team and Anderlecht could hardly threaten. After half-time, Anderlecht played slightly better and substitute Amuzu scored the 0-1 goal. Vazquez almost scored as well. But in the long extra time, substitute Tolu headed the equaliser just before the final whistle. In itself, a draw at Genk is not a bad result, but giving away the win in the closing stages against ten men is obviously a disappointment. Read more »
Anderlecht have announced a selection of 20 players for the match against Racing Genk. Compared to last week, Louis Patris and the departed Marco Kana are missing. Anders Dreyer returns from suspension. Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Antoine Colassin could move to KV Oostende. The 22-year-old striker is sidelined at Anderlecht. Oostende has missed its start in 1B with 0 in 6. Moreover, it saw striker Thierry Ambrose leave a fortnight ago. Read more »
With Jan Vertonghen and Zeno Debast, national coach Domenico Tedesco today selected two Anderlecht players for the upcoming international matches. The Red Devils' European Championship qualifiers against Azerbaijan (9 September) and Estonia (12 September). Read more »
Promising defender Ethan Butera is swapping Anderlecht for Ajax. The 17-year-old will join Jong Ajax there. Butera was one of the promising players who could possibly have grabbed his chance in the first team. However, he did not want to extend his contract, which expires in June 2024, which is why Anderlecht is now forced to sell him. Read more »
In a text on Instagram, Amir Murillo has said goodbye to Anderlecht and his supporters. The Panamanian signed with Marseille in France. "Thanks to Anderlecht, I realised my dream," he said. Read more »
Anderlecht are negotiating a contract extension with Yari Verschaeren's entourage and these talks are going well. This is what Het Laatste Nieuws writes this evening. Verschaeren will be out of contract after this season. Read more »
Amir Murillo has trained for the first time since he suffered a hamstring injury with Panama in the beginning of July. That is what Riemer said during his press talk. "Amir has resumed training. We will let him join the squad step by step." Read more »
Charleroi has announced the arrival of Adrien Trebel. The Frenchman signs a contract for one season. Trebel finds coach Felice Mazzu at Charleroi. Last year they worked together at Anderlecht for four months. Read more »
Anderlecht won once again against Westerlo. It deservedly won 2-1 after a good first half in which Dolberg scored after only a minute. Anderlecht controlled the game and deep in the second half Vertonghen cleverly doubled the score. But just after that, Westerlo came back into the game by scoring against and it even had a great chance to equalise. In the closing stages, the home side had a few more chances, but the two goals proved to be enough. Read more »
Vincent Kompany has made his Premier League debut with Burnley, but he is still coming back to shop at Anderlecht. This time he would like to snatch Hannes Delcroix away. The player is reportedly already in England to undergo medical tests. If these go well, Delcroix could sign a three-year contract with the England promoted side. Read more »
15-year-old Nunzio Engwanda has signed his first professional contract. The defender has tied his fate to Anderlecht until 2026. Last weekend, he became the youngest ever debutant in Belgian professional football. Read more »
Anderlecht won 0-1 at Sint-Truiden thanks to a header from Moussa N'Diaye. Purple and white played very weak before half-time, but they started better after half-time and scored. A red card for Dreyer (after an unfortunate foul) silenced Anderlecht's second half. Anderlecht defended the lead with a man less and STVV continued to threaten regularly, but Dupé and his defence kept the zero for the second time in a row. A good result, but the level really needs to go up. Read more »
At the press conference before the move to STVV, Brian Riemer addressed the absence of Majeed Ashimeru. The Ghanaian will be out of action at least until the next international break (early September) with a muscle injury. Marco Kana, who was not in the selection last week, is match-fit. Read more »
Zeno Debast is struggling with a (minor) muscle injury and is uncertain for Sunday's match against STVV. Het Laatste Nieuws reports. The newspaper clearly states that there is no 'transferitis' involved. As for a possible switch to PSV, there is no evolution from last week. Read more »
Anderlecht responded after their poor debut at Union with a 1-0 win against champions Antwerp. Anderlecht certainly did not play great, but showed the necessary fighting spirit. The first half was chance-poor, yet Anderlecht took the lead through a Dolberg penalty just before half-time. After half-time Anderlecht had to back off and Antwerp got a few good chances. Anderlecht had a couple of good breaks and Dreyer hit the post. Next week Anderlecht must confirm this result at STVV. Read more »
In recent days we read hat Club Brugge had offered Casper Nielsen to a number of Belgian clubs and that Anderlecht closely followed the file. According to Sasha Tavolieri, that message is nonsense. The Dane is currently injured, but Deila absolutely wants to keep him at Bruges. At Bruges, they would rather look for a solution for Rits. Read more »
During a press conference, Brian Riemer looked ahead to Sunday's game against Antwerp. Naturally, he also received questions about last weekend's non-performance against Union. "It doesn't require great analyst work to see that our first half was not good, but throwing stones at each other in the press won't get us anywhere," he said.
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According to Het Nieuwsblad, Diawara, Ashimeru and Arnstad would be allowed to leave with a good offer. Last Friday, this trio formed the midfield during the weak performance at Union. Anderlecht wants to reinvigorate the midfield. Read more »
Anderlecht cannot count on Justin Lonwijk and Luis Vazquez for tonight's competition opener against Union. Vazquez does not yet have his necessary work permit. Moreover, both did not train with the group yet. Read more »
According to Sacha Tavolieri, another transfer could soon be in order. According to him, Tudor Mendel Idowu would have informed Anderlecht that he agrees to a transfer. Barcelona B had all but snatched the player, but the dribbling flanker could join Anderlecht's A core right away. According to Spanish sources, he even underwent his medical tests already. Read more »
Anderlecht has announced the final transfer of Bogdan Mykhaylichenko. The Ukrainian left-back came to Anderlecht in 2020 and was loaned out to Shakhtar Donetsk last season. He will continue his career in Croatia with champion Dinamo Zagreb Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko is leaving Anderlecht, according to journalist Kjell Doms. The left back is making a final transfer to Dynamo Zagreb. According to the Croatian press, Zagreb would pay around 800,000 euros to Anderlecht for the transfer. Read more »
No one will be surprised by the news, but it is now official. Goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge is leaving Anderlecht for Racing Genk. Van Crombrugge signed a contract for three seasons there. Read more »
Kasper Dolberg was immediately impressed by the project presented to him by Brian Riemer and Jesper Fredberg. Other clubs came forward but he became more and more convinced as time went by that RSCA was the best offer for him. He could have opted for a more lucrative contract, but the RSCA project took precedence over money. Read more »
Although talks with Racing Genk have been ongoing for a long time, Hendrik Van Crombrugge is still an Anderlecht player. If that is still the case in a fortnight' time, there is a chance he will be in goal during the first league match. That's what coach Brian Riemer reveals. Read more »
No club in Belgium lured more television viewers last season than Anderlecht. That is according to figures announced today by official rights holder Eleven Sports. On average, 319,698 people watched purple and white per match. Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, Anderlecht are interested in Dutch midfielder Justin Lonwijk (23) from Dinamo Kiev. Lonwijk is an old acquaintance of Fredberg, who was able to get him from Utrecht when he worked for Viborg. Read more »
With Louis Patris, Anderlecht has made its second acquisition for the new season. The right back comes over from OHL and signs for five years. Patris will replace Murillo. Read more »
Good news for Bogdan Mykhaylichenko. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that the Ukrainian has been allowed to join the first team on the journey to Austria. He is the only rented player in that case. Read more »
Anderlecht won its third friendly game with 3-1 against Lokomotiva Zagreb, which finished seventh in Croatia last season. Riemer posted his strongest team (on paper) at the kick-off which resulted in a 2-0 lead at half-time. In the second half, the Croatians came back after Anderlecht fumbled at the back, but Leoni was able to score once more for Purple and White. Read more »
Amir Murillo will be sidelined for several weeks or even months. The Panamanian Football Federation reports that the right-back has suffered a large muscle tear in the thigh and a smaller one in the hamstrings. Murillo will soon return to Belgium where Anderlecht will examine him further. Read more »
There is no future for Bogdan Mykhaylichencko, Antoine Colassin and Mustapha Bundu at RSC Anderlecht. The trio will work out training sessions separately and may look for another club. Read more »
