Karel Eetvelt officially took over his job as CEO at RSC Anderlecht a month ago. Due to corona crisis, he immediately faces many challenges ha had not anticipated, but Van Eetvelt is not afraid of that: "It makes the challenge even greater". Read more »
Michel Vlap has returned from the Netherlands to Belgium to train at Anderlecht. Vlap spent the last month and a half in Frisia, where he kept his physical condition. "Home sweet home", Vlap writes at photo from the training center in Neerpede. Read more »
The French website Footmercato writes that Purple & White contacted the entourage of Christopher Rocchia. That is a 22-year-old defender who was loaned by Marseille to second division team Sochaux last season. Read more »
Remco Evenepoel has a past at RSC Anderlecht. His farewell was a minor one and he resolutely opted for cycling. During one of the challenges, he passed in Neerpede and was candid about his last years at the Purple & White: "Those were the tough ones." Read more »
Vincent Kompany has noticed in recent months that RSC Anderlecht is mainly lacking in physical terms. That's why he wants a longer preparation for next season. So a short holiday for the players in June and not everyone is happy with that. Read more »
Samir Nasri commented during an online interview with the French newspaper L'Equipe to the fact that he is silent. Nasri is outraged by that message and strongly contradicts it. "I am very angry about that. I am in daily contact with the club". Read more »
At Anderlecht, it is assumed that Racing Genk will use the purchase option in Thomas Didillon's loan. In that case, the Purple & White may transfer 1.65 million euros to its account. In Genk, people now take the time until the end of May to decide. Or longer. Read more »
Romelu Lukaku had a question time on Twitter last weekend. Inevitably he was asked if he would ever return to RSC Anderlecht, just like Vincent Kompany. And the Red Devil was clear, "For sure." It is not the first time that Romelu announces that he will return to purple and white one day. Read more »
According to Het Nieuwsblad, Anderlecht are showing an interest in Mike Vanhamel. The first conversations already took place. The 30-year-old goalkeeper is a keyplayer at Beerschot. The Purple & White must attract new goalkeepers next summer due to the departure of Davy Roef and the injury of Frank Boeckx. Read more »
Kemar Lawrence came to RSC Anderlecht in January. Due to problems with his papers, he arrived later than expected. Once arrived he did everything to get fit as quickly as possible and then everything changed due to COVID-19. Lawrence now follows the guidelines and remains fit "in his house". Read more »
The players agreed to drop their wages of April. In exchange, they are "free" for two weeks. Two weeks during which they are not required to complete their individual training program. RSC Anderlecht try to motivate their players to continue to train. Read more »
The court is still investigating the sale of RSC Anderlecht to Marc Coucke. He was give the preference above Ghelamco boss Paul Gheysens to buy the club. Even though Gheysens' offer was 11 million euros higher. As part of that investigation, the investigators carried out two house searches. Read more »
Pär Zetterberg already responded to his dismissal at Anderlecht. "I was surprised, but have to accept the decision," said the Swede. "In the beginning I had to look for my place, but this season my role was clear." Read more »
Yari Verschaeren (photo) is high on AC Milan's wish list. The Milanese are currently at an advanced stage to appoint Ralf Rangnick as the new coach. The German would come from RB Leipzig and would also become the new technical director. Just last week, Zvonimir Boban, the man who led Alexis Saelemaekers to Milan, was fired from his position as technical director. Read more »
Anderlecht want to break the contract of goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge open. According to Het Laatste Nieuws, the first exploratory talks are already over. Van Crombrugge has quickly become a key player since his arrival. Anderlecht hopes to keep him with an improved contract. Read more »
One more game of the regular season and then we know if RSC Anderlecht start the Play-Off 1 or 2. Frank Vercauteren will at least already recover some injured players. Kemar Roofe hopes to be fit before the start of the playoffs. Read more »
Of course, after the 7-0 victory against Zulte Waregem, we saw a happy Frank Vercauteren at the press conference. He sees his team doing beautiful things in the last games. "We are moving in the right direction, so I can only be satisfied with the performance of the team." Read more »
What about Landry Dimata, no one who knows this exactly except RSC Anderlecht and the medical entourage of the player. It can be heard that the striker is making progress, but it is no longer possible to play this season. They are now betting on next season.
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Amir Murillo got a kick on the ankle against Waasland-Beveren and afterwards also felt some knee pain. The Panamanian was able to finish the game and Frank Vercauteren did not worry much afterwards. Nevertheless, the right back is undergoing some investigations this week. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren had Zeno Debast (photo) and Chris Kalulika train with the A-team last week. Debast is a 16-year-old central defender who signed a professional contract in October. Kalulika, who turned 18 last week, is a number 9 or winger. Read more »
It is not a surprise: Anderlecht will not lift the option in the contract of Samir Nasri. That is what La Dernière Heure writes. As the Frenchman is still not training after an injury sustained in October, chances are that he has already played his last match for Anderlecht. Read more »
Antoine Colassin underwent ankle surgery two weeks ago. The operation went well and Colassin will soon start rehabilitation. Meanwhile, RSC Anderlecht wants to extend his contract and talks to the player and his entourage. Read more »
Derrick Luckassen finished the match at KV Mechelen with pain in the knee. The Dutchman was hit by right back Issa Kaboré. How serious it is must be seen after further investigations. Read more »
It is exactly a year ago that Landry Dimata played his last game. Since then the striker has been struggling with his knee. The lack of information causes guesswork. In the Walloon Sudpresse newspapers, Dimata's manager Jérémy Pastel today gives a state of affairs. Read more »
Good news from the training field: Vincent Kompany and Elias Cobbaut trained again this morning with the group. The two were missing in Ghent on Friday due to a minor injury. Kemar Lawrence also trained with his teammates for the first time. Read more »
Anderlecht have won a friendly game against Dudelange 2-1 Saturday afternoon. Anouar Ait El Hadj and Mohammed Yaya Guindo scored. Newcomers Marko Pjaca and Dejan Joveljic played a large part of the game and made a good impression. Read more »
The list of injured players at RSC Anderlecht is long and according to Frank Vercauteren it will remain like that until the play-offs. Yet there is also a bright spot, there is a chance that Yari Verschaeren and Pieter Gerkens will resume training next week. Other returners should not be expected yet. Read more »
The injury to the adductors Elias Cobbaut sustained on Sunday against Mouscron is not too bad. Newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws knows that. Whether he can play on Friday in Ghent, that is very uncertain. Read more »
Anderlecht have done an excellent financial job with the transfer of Alexis Saelemaekers. In an interview with Het Nieuwsblad, Michael Verschueren reports that Purple & White receives more than the total sum of 8 million euros that has been circulating in recent days.
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In the margin of Anderlecht - Mouscron, Michael Verschueren talked about the past transfer period. The manager did what he was told to do. But is that enough to convince his new boss Karel Van Eetvelt? Read more »
