Vincent Kompany counts for the most part on his familiar selection of players for tonight's cup game. Yari Verschaeren will not be there. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that Anderlecht is keeping him on the sidelines as a precaution after he was hit on the knee against Beerschot. Read more »
Anderlecht will play against RAAL La Louvière in the 1/16th finals of the Cup of Belgium. What can we expect and what do we need to know? We took a closer look at the club and what appears? We can safely call them 'the little Anderlecht'. Read more »
With his first goal of the season, Majeed Ashmeru deepened the gap back to two goals. Afterwards, the Ghanaian said he was happy with the victory after four draws in a row. "Because we felt some pressure anyway," he said.
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Anderlecht deservedly won against Beerschot with 4-2. Before half-time, little happened except for the penalty which gave Anderlecht the lead. After the break, the purple and white team extended the lead, but Beerschot managed to keep the tension in the match. Read more »
The career of Andy Najar is back on track. The Honduran, who seemed to be written off for soccer at Anderlecht, is currently doing very well at his club DC United. He is a key player and is even a fixed value for the national team again. Read more »
The Brazilian website El Crack Deportivo writes that Anderlecht has set its sights on right-back Marcelo Weigandt of Boca Juniors. Given the tone of the article, we would describe EL Crack Deportiva as a clickbait site, but we'll mention it anyway. Read more »
Killian Sardella is the only new name in Anderlecht's selection for today's home game against Beerschot. It's been since the end of August that the defender was there.
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Lucas Lissens recently dropped out of training with an injury. The youngster had to undergo knee surgery to repair the damage. That surgery is now behind us. Lissens will now have to revalidate for several months. Read more »
Bad luck for Lucas Lissens. The promising central defender injured his knee at training on Friday. Research has now shown that it is serious. Purple-White reports that the defender cannot play for several months. Read more »
Sergio Gomez had to play as a right back on Sunday. Amir Murillo was insufficiently fit due to the long journey to Brussels and Kompany therefore posted Gomez on the right. Read more »
Vincent Kompany was clear after the game: "We were not on level terms." Afterwards, his frustration with the match and his team's performance was clearly evident: "The group clearly needs to do better than this." Kompany, who normally always remains calm, was clearly concerned and indicated that there is enough offensive competition in the team and that he selects based on the form level of the players. This indicates possible substitutions for next match.
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The U21 of Anderlecht will have to do without their captain Theo Leoni for a few weeks. The midfielder was operated on the abdomen, Anderlecht announced. In a video message, coach Robin Veldman and several players encouraged Leoni. Read more »
Sergio Gomez is one of Anderlecht's most eye-catching summer transfers. The Spaniard gave the most assists of the whole Jupiler Pro League so far, and that as a left back. His performances with the Spanish U21 are also impressive.
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Majeed Ashimeru has shown his big heart. On the occasion of his 24th birthday, he gave a maternity clinic in Ghana's capital state a lot of gifts and paid the bill of some patients. Read more »
In an interview with England's Daily Mail newspaper, Craig Bellamy is open about his depression. Missing his daughter caused a negative spiral. Now things are going a little bit better.
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How would it be with Adrien Trebel? Good, according to U21 coach Robin Veldman in an interview with Bruzz. According to Veldman, Trebel is a great asset to his young group. "Our talents can learn a lot from how he does things," says Veldman. Read more »
Already in 2013, the Cell for Financial Information Processing handed over a report to the public prosecutor's office in which it states that in three transfers that Herman Van Holsbeeck arranged, black money was paid and part of it flowed back to the Anderlecht director. This is evident from documents that De Morgen was able to review.
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Jacky Matthijssen just announced his selection for the national U21. Yari Verschaeren is part of that selection, along with Lucas Lissens, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Marco Kana and Killian Sardella. Read more »
Anderlecht will appeal against the suspension of Christian Kouamé. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that. That appeal will be dealt with on Friday and Anderlecht will know whether or not it can count Kouamé against Club Brugge on Sunday. Read more »
Good news for Antoine Colassin: the injury he sustained on Monday at the U21 is not bad. According to La Dernière Heure, he is available for next weekend's game against Club Brugge, provided he is selected, of course. Read more »
Antoine Colassin scored on Monday during the classico of the U21, later in the game he had to go to the side injured. How serious the injury is remains to be seen and whether Vincent Kompany can count on him on Sunday. Read more »
In its weekly analysis of some questionable game phases, the Refereeing Department does not explain today about Lior Refaelov's disallowed goal. Christian Kouamé's red card is mentioned. Rightly red, that's how it sounds: "Kouamé endangers the safety of the opponent." Read more »
Hendrik Van Crombrugge shares Benito Raman's opinion, RSC Anderlecht should always have won at Ostend. Opportunities enough, only they were not finished. The goalkeeper is left with mixed feelings after the draw. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht returned to Brussels with one point, all in all good after it fell to ten players after 45 minutes. Yet Benito Raman thinks there was more possible and they should have taken the three points, although he mainly takes the positive with him to the game against Club Brugge. Read more »
Lior Refaelov seemed to bring Anderlecht to 1-1 in the first half, but the goal was disallowed for offside. Very doubtful, because the knee of KVO defender Jäkel seemed to be further. A line with 3D technology could have created clarity. "If it exists, how long will we wait to use it?" Vincent Kompany wonders. Read more »
With a goal, Joshua Zirkzee brought Anderlecht back into the game, but the Dutchman was not satisfied with his productivity afterwards. "If I was a little sharper, I could have scored three," it sounded. Read more »
Anderlecht can be both satisfied and disappointed after a 2-2 in Ostend. In the first half, the Purple & White got a lesson in efficiency. After 45 minutes it was 2-0 for Ostend while Anderlecht themselves failed to finish a handful of chances. The situation seemed hopeless after the break due to a red card for Kouamé, but Anderlecht played well with one man less and deservedly saved a point via Zirkzee and Raman. Read more »
More than a year after his contract with Anderlecht expired, Samir Nasri has now announced the end of his career. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, the 34-year-old Frenchman says that it is now permanently over. Read more »
According to the Spanish website Fichajes.net, which mainly focuses on transfer rumors, AC Milan is showing a strong interest in Yari Verschaeren. Milan would also be interested in Club Brugge player Charles De Ketelaere. Read more »
