We would almost forget him, but how is Elias Cobbaut doing? On matchday three he fell out with an ankle injury. The prognosis: six weeks out. In the meantime we are ten weeks further and he is not playing yet. What is going on? Read more »
RSC Anderlecht will receive Cercle Brugge in the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium today. Hein Vanhaezebrouck does not intend to underestimate them. "Cercle is particularly strong on the counters and the stationary phases". Read more »
Sven Kums played against Zulte-Waregem, the ex-Golden Shoe is on track again. Hein Vanhaezebrouck notes that Kums has been playing with hip problems and pain for a long time and that this has automatically influenced his performance. It is only since a month that he plays without pain. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck has to do it for several weeks without Elias Cobbaut. The matches against Cercle Brugge, Fenerbahçe and Eupen come too early for the defender. His rehabilitation at the ankle is going in the right direction, but nobody wants to rush it. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers had cancel for the matches with the national U21 with knee pain. On Wednesday, he was back on the training fields in Neerpede for the first time. However, he will not play this weekend. Against Cercle Brugge, Saelemaekers will be suspended for the first of two days of suspension. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck is very satisfied with the performance of three youngsters who played during the friendly game against Willem II. The first one who can count on approval is Olivier Dhauholou (photo). He scored the second goal during the friendly game. It is expected that he is slowly but surely will be dropped into the first team. Read more »
What the gut feeling of many has been saying for a long time is becoming more and more confirmed: a lot of financially unsavory things have happened at Anderlecht in recent years. Legally not prohibited, but the club literally paid a high price. In Sport / Voetbalmagazine we also read figures and facts about Anderlecht. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht may have to miss Frank Boeckx for a few weeks. The goalkeeper is struggling with a groin injury. Adrien Trebel was allowed to rest during the interland break but can be used against Cercle Brugge
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Nicolae Stanciu never really got his chance at RSC Anderlecht, so he moved to Sparta Prague. There he gets his chance and plays well, so there are other clubs interested in the Romanian. Herman Van Holsbeeck at the time stipulated a percentage on the resale, so that Stanciu might still bring in money for purple-white. Read more »
How would it go with Ivan Obradovic? Relatively well, according to Sport / Voetbalmagazine. The Serbian trains individually and with the U21. When he trained with this last group, he gave a motivated and positive impression. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers has to drop out for the coming international matches of the national U21 due to a knee injury. Francis Amuzu replaces him. This is what U21 national coach Johan Walem reports via Twitter. The U21 will play a friendly match against Italy on Thursday. On Tuesday 16 October they play in and against Sweden for a place at the European Championship 2019 in Italy. A draw will be enough to qualify. Read more »
Pieter Gerkens scored the 0-2 against Zulte Waregem. He regrets the missed opportunity in the first half. But the most important thing is ultimately the three points that go back to Brussels. Read more »
A remarkable arrangement on Sunday against Zulte-Waregem. No Makarenko, Santini or Vranjes, they are struggling with injuries. Although the coach admitted before the game that Vranjes would not have started anyway. His red card against Zagreb was not appreciated by the coach.
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This afternoon at 2.45 pm Alexis Saelemaekers will appear in front of the Disputes Committee. There he may try to bring down the penalty of four match days suspension. Saelemaekers got this penalty for his red card in the cup match against Union. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck was down, the coach is doing everything he can to get his players in the most perfect circumstances at kick-off. Only these are the same players who always go completely wrong. Read more »
Anyone who hoped that Anderlecht would take the first step towards resurrection against Dinamo Zagreb has been disappointed. A soulless team went down with 0-2. Purple-white hardly got a chance, got a stupid penalty against and played one half with ten after a stupid red card. Read more »
A remarkable statement from Hein Vanhaezebrouck this afternoon at his press conference. The Anderlecht coach told a journalist that he should not hope to get an individual interview with him quickly. Read more »
Good news for Hein Vanhaezebrouck. The Anderlecht coach saw how Adrien Trebel could finish the group training this morning. "He could do everything this morning, but of course we have to wait and see if he gets any reaction, but normally he gets fit", the coach said at his press conference this afternoon. Read more »
Whether Adrien Trebel will be ready for the next European game against Dinamo Zagreb tomorrow, it remains to be seen. Now it is not the abdominal muscles that play tricks on him, but are the hamstrings. According to Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN), the medical staff, they do everything to get him ready for this match.
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Here and there you can hear supporters calling for the resignation of Hein Vanhaezebrouck. Although we also question whether another trainer would do better, since he has the same material, and that there is the lack of quality. Captain Adrien Trebel takes it up for the coach: "It's not the fault of the coach". Read more »
Andy Najar did not make the selection against STVV yesterday. The Honduran got a blow on his kneein the cup match and had troubles with it. Hein Vanhaezebrouck therefore kept him out of the selection out of precaution yesterday. Normally he can be used against Dinamo Zagreb. Read more »
There is a chance that RSC Anderlecht will have to play without their captain for a while. Adrien Trebel asked for his replacement himself because he heard "a crack". He admitted afterwards that he had something small about the hamstrings in the past two days.
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Anderlecht and Union are the last two clubs to compete for a place in the 1 / 8th finals of the Belgian Cup. Hein Vanhaezebrouck gives captain Adrien Trebel some rest and can not count on Zakaria Bakkali and James Lawrence. Read more »
Club Brugge is eliminated in the 1 / 16th finals of the Belgian Cup. It lost 2-0 at Deinze from the first amateur class. The goals were scored by Mehdi Tarfi (photo) and Arnaud De Greef, two youth products from Anderlecht. Read more »
Olivier Vliegen, last season at the U21 of Anderlecht, has signed a contract with Slovan Liberec in the Czech Republic. The 19-year old goalkeeper will train with the first team and play with the U21. Read more »
Not in the least happy with the victory is chairman Marc Coucke. With the late goal of Sanneh, a ton fell off his shoulders. Before the game he had a chat with Ivan Santini and he actually scored: "I told him he should not care about the criticism." Read more »
Adrien Trebel visited a German specialist yesterday to examine the problem with his abdominal muscles. His entourage says that a surgery is currently not the best solution. Positive is that the captain hardly had any pain during and after the game against Genk. Read more »
Zakaria Bakkali made a more than decent impression during the game against Antwerp, but he sat on the bench last Saturday. The attacker currently takes satisfaction in his substitute role: "That is the trainer's choice, I have no problem with that." Read more »
James Lawrence made an unfortunate collision at training, after which he suffered a concussion. The defender spent last weekend in a dark room in the hospital. He may not make the move to Trnava. Read more »
