Obviously it was not a satisfied Felice Mazzu who spoke to the press after the game against Cercle. The Anderlecht coach thought the first half was dramatic, but he doesn't want to get too carried away. The season is still long. Read more »
Normally he is one of the strong men, but against Cercle, Hannes Delcroix experienced a difficult afternoon. "This hurts," the defender said after the defeat. "We could have avoided this if we had played better". Read more »
Benito Raman got his chance from the kick-off against Cercle, but like the rest of the team his performance was not great. "This does not cause panic, but it is obvious that this is not the best preparation with a view to the European game on Thursday," he said. Read more »
Felice Mazzu's selection includes many young players, but due to the high competition they will often have to content themselves with a role as substitute. The fact that the U23s are playing in 1B this season is a great opportunity. Read more »
It threatens to be another difficult season for Anouar Ait El Hadj. Last weekend, he had to take place in the stands, as the 19th player on the match sheet. "I am counting on Anouar. He is a very good player. But in midfield I have many possibilities," Felice Mazzu told at his press conference yesterday afternoon. Read more »
With his substitution Fabio Silva suddenly created fire in the game against Ostend last Sunday. Whether that means he will be starting against Cercle tomorrow is still uncertain. "Because he wasn't there during the preparation, he has some physical deficits," says coach Felice Mazzu. "He still has some work to do." Read more »
Felice Mazzu also talked about the opponent in the Conference League, Paide Linnameeskond. Mazzu is particularly pleased that there is now clarity about the opponent. Estonia was preferred because the journey is less long and tiring. Read more »
CD Tenerife introduced Mohamed Dauda to the press yesterday. Sports director Juan Carlos Cordero told the press that Tenerife is renting Dauda with a mandatory purchase option. Dauda himself is happy with his new club. "I am very enthusiastic about their project," he said. Read more »
Bogdan Mykhaylichenko has completed his first training session at Shakhtar Donetsk. He joined his teammates at the training camp in Rotterdam. He also gave his first interview to the club media. "When I heard about the interest, I immediately agreed," he said. Read more »
In the Paraguayan media, Anderlecht's interest in Alan Rodriguez remains a topic. The vice-president of Cerro Porteno confirmed yesterday to the radio station ABC Cardinal that he had spoken with Anderlecht, but that it did not come to a bid. Read more »
Peter Verbeke looks forward to the new football season with healthy confidence. In an interview with De Morgen, he indicates that other clubs spent much more money on the transfer market, but he also mentions the names of ten young players of whom he expects a lot this year.
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Manager Felice Mazzu was satisfied about Anderlecht's first match. Nevertheless, the coach thought the game should have been decided sooner. According to him, the purple and white team made the wrong choice too often in the opponent's penalty area. Read more »
Like Zeno Debast, Marco Kana was surprised by the departure of Vincent Kompany. Felice Mazzu is now in charge of Anderlecht with a different style as a person and as a coach. The group has been running a lot during the preparation. Read more »
Zeno Debast is convinced that every match he plays is one where he has to prove his qualities, the pressure has a positive effect on the player. He knows his qualities and he doesn't feel the stress, which is a great quality. Read more »
Sergio Gomez has no regrets about leaving his parent club Barcelona even though it didn't work out as he would have liked at Dortmund. He didn't get the playing time he was hoping for but admits he improved some aspects of his game in Germany. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht officially announced the transfer of Fabio Silva. According to CEO Peter Verbeke, the arrival of the striker is important to be able to continue competing in the three competitions, because those are really the ambitions of the club. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren's performance against Lyon immediately boosted his confidence ahead of the start of the Jupiler Pro League. Verschaeren is certainly looking forward to that and it was clear that he feels good in Felice Mazzu's new system. Read more »
Captain Hendrik Van Crombrugge is satisfied about the match against Lyon. The team had to adapt to a completely new system. But the new line-up had a positive result. Read more »
Christian Kouamé still has no new club for next season. From Italy there are reports that Anderlecht is thinking about getting him again. The names of Club Brugge, Bologna, Cremonese and Galatasaray are also mentioned. Read more »
Transfer market specialist Fabrizio Romano reports that Arsenal are considering Sergio Gomez as a reinforcement. Together with Oleksandar Zinchenko of Manchester City, he would be in the picture as a new left-back. He refers to journalist David Ornstein of The Athletic, but in his tweet and article he only mentions Zinchenko. Read more »
In Het Laatste Nieuws, Union-CEO Philippe Bormans revisits the departure of Felice Mazzu to Anderlecht today. "We are still very disappointed in Anderlecht," he said. "Ajax paid for Schreuder and Genk for Vrancken. The same rules applied there." Read more »
Is Charly Musonda throwing out a line to Anderlecht to return? On Instagram, he says he never had any intention of joining Zulte Waregem. "I never saw myself returning (to Belgium, ed.), my love for my old club Anderlecht is too big for that." Read more »
Benito Raman is one of the players hoping for more playing time under the new coach. In the Walloon La Dernière Heure he speaks out about the new coach: "The preparation is much more intense than last year, but the group seems to cope well. Peter Verbeke told me that Mazzu counts on me. Read more »
Polish media report that Anderlecht made an offer to Pawel Wszołek in June. This 30-year old Pole is a right winger who was end of contract at Union Berlin. However, he chose for an extended adventure at Legia Warsaw, which already rented him since the end of January. Read more »
Who secretly hopes for a transfer, is Hendrik Van Crombrugge. The 29-year-old goalkeeper was close to PSV a few weeks ago, he confirms. "It was concrete, but it was not meant to be. PSV chose another goalkeeper," he says. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren has no transfer plans this summer. He told the press that was present at Anderlecht's training camp in Horst yesterday. "I've always said I want to win a trophy with Anderlecht. Then I can leave through the big gate and take the next step." Read more »
According to Egyptian media, Anderlecht shows interest in Aliou Dieng. This 25-year old defensive midfielder from Mali is one of the key players of the Egyptian top club Al Ahly. Galatasaray is also interested. The asking price is 5 million dollars.
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Sebastiano Esposito is currently still in Milan, he is also officially still under contract at Basel until midnight. Esposito went through his medicals together with our Romelu Lukaku yesterday, but he confirmed that he will be rented again. Read more »
Amir Murillo denies the reports as if he were on his way to Valencia. Contacted by by the Panamanian medium Team Deportes he told the following: "I don't know anything. These are pure speculations by the press. I don't know what people are talking about." Read more »
