If it depends on national coach Domenico Tedesco, Jan Vertonghen will be available for the Red Devils' international matches. Also for today's friendly game against Serbia. "Everyone saw that he played for Anderlecht against Gent on Sunday. So why wouldn't he be ready for the Red Devils," Tedesco said at a press conference. Read more »
No Thorgan Hazard in the Red Devils' selection. Of course, national coach Domenico Tedesco did receive questions about the player, who is growing towards his best form at Anderlecht. Read more »
Domenico Tedesco included Jan Vertonghen in his selection of 26 players for the next two internationals. However, he is not quite ready yet. Tedesco hints that Vertonghen will not yet play Sunday with Anderlecht against AA Gent. Read more »
Every month, the Pro League honors a "Manager of the Month. Marink Reedijk, coach of the RSCA Futures, has now won the award for the month of October. He makes it ahead of Alexander Blessin (Union) and Miron Muslic (Cercle Brugge). Read more »
Thorgan Hazard is growing more and more to his best form. He is directing the Anderlecht attack. Only that first goal is delayed. "Too bad I didn't score today, that would have done a lot of good," he said after the match against Cercle Brugge. Read more »
For the third time in four matches, Mario Stroeykens found his way to goal. The 19-year-old youth product is a puzzle piece that fits perfectly into Anderlecht's offensive picture. "It feels good to contribute to victory and take a step forward every week," he said. Read more »
On his birthday Kasper Schmeichel conquered his first clean sheet in the Anderlecht shirt. The Danish goalkeeper was very happy after the game against Cercle Brugge, although he didn't think the clean sheat was that important. "That's just a statistic. The only thing that matters is the victory." Read more »
With Cercle Brugge, Anderlecht will meet Sunday's season revelation. The Association is third in the standings and plays like a well-oiled machine. "The way they put pressure, you never have a quiet moment," Anderlecht coach Brian Riemer said. "I tried to tell that in the players this week as well." Read more »
With Standard, Anderlecht will face a tough opponent in the next round of the Belgian Cup. Coach Brian Riemer does not care. "After what happened a few weeks ago in Liege, we now get two chances in a short time to take revenge." Read more »
Thomas Delaney is fit again, so the question arises whether he will resume his starting place on Sunday and at whose expense. Brian Riemer, of course, was asked about this at his press conference. "We are not going to put Delaney just because he is Delaney," he said. Read more »
After weeks of lingering with all sorts of minor ailments, Francis Amuzu is ready to compete again. Coach Brian Riemer told that on his press conference Friday afternoon. "Francis has been training with us all week. He is completely ready for Sunday's game," the coach said. Read more »
Anderlecht will visit season revelation Cercle Brugge today. It will be a very special game for one Bruges player: Kazeem Olaigbe will play against the club where he spent seven years of his youth. "I played together with Zeno Debast and Mario Stroeykens," he said.
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It was a very satisfied Brian Riemer who appeared before the microphone of Eleven DAZN after the game against OH Leuven. "This is a clear answer after what happened last week against Standard," the coach said. "Not only because we won, but also because we did it in a very nice way." Read more »
With three assists in five games, Thorgan Hazard has started his adventure at Anderlecht well. He sets the offensive lines, but physically can't keep it up for a whole match yet. "That's because of his style of play: Thorgan always gives 100 percent," Riemer said. Of holding back, however, the coach does not want to know. Read more »
Now that Thomas Delaney has recovered from his collarbone fracture and Majeed Ashimeru is also fit again, Yari Verschaeren is the only player currently not deployable. But a return to action is near for the midfielder as well. "Yari is currently training with the group," revealed coach Brian Riemer. Read more »
Thomas Delaney's collarbone fracture has fully recovered. Coach Brian Riemer told that at his press conference yesterday afternoon. "Physically, he is completely ready for the next game," Riemer said. Whether Delaney will play tomorrow is not yet certain. Riemer wants to be sure that he also feels mentally ready and will not hold back. Read more »
Zeno Debast got the microphone of Sporza under his nose after the game against Standard. "This is not how we should come out of the locker room," he reflected on the second half. "We thought maybe it was already won and that's not allowed." Read more »
For one half, Kasper Dolberg's sixth league goal seemed to put Anderlecht on the road to a stunning victory. Until after halftime the pudding completely collapsed. "I didn't know we could be so bad," the Dane spoke disillusioned after the game, referring to what happened after the break. Read more »
Theo Leoni also appeared before DAZN Eleven's microphone after the game against Standard. "This is a huge disappointment for all of us," the young midfielder told us. "We have to be mentally strong now and take the three points next week." Read more »
After the defeat against Standard, Mario Stroeykens was allowed to come and explain in front of DAZN Eleven's microphone. "We just gave the game away," he sighed. "During the second half we played very poorly." Read more »
Kasper Dolberg has had two very intense weeks. Becoming a father, scoring against KV Mechelen and being called up for the national team again. According to coach Brian Riemer, the striker is ready to bang against Standard on Sunday. Read more »
At his press conference ahead of the match against Standard, Brian Riemer was also asked about how Ludwig Augustinsson is doing. The left back was playing with Sweden against Belgium on Tuesday when two Swedish fans were murdered in the run-up to that game. Read more »
Antoine Colassin believes his experience in the Netherlands was a great learning experience for him. He loved Heerenveen, which he describes as a very open club, and he enjoyed every match. Read more »
Kristian Arnstad's focus is currently entirely on RSC Anderlecht. Indeed, he is determined to regain his starting place in the near future. Arnstad is aware of the competition though it can only contribute to his further development. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen played a prominent role Monday night in the decision to halt the Belgium-Sweden international following the terrorist murder of Swedish fans in Brussels. Along with captain Romelu Lukaku, he immediately agreed when Sweden asked them the question. Read more »
At both Anderlecht and the Red Devils, Jan Vertonghen, at 36, is still invaluable. His contract with purple and white still runs until the end of this season. What then? At a press conference at the Red Devils, Vertonghen said he is not thinking about that at this point. Read more »
Marcenio came to RSCA Futsal during the summer term. The Brazilian (35) was hampered by injuries but is now fully fit. Read more »
