François Kompany, brother of Vincent Kompany, is currently without a club. He tried to get himself a test at RSC Anderlecht, but Vincent put a stop to that. "I moved heaven and earth to test, but Vincent refused," said François Kompany. Read more »
What a day for Marco Kana. Philippe Sandler's illness allowed the 17-year-old to start for the first time and after ten minutes he headed his first goal against the ropes. "It's really incredible," he laughed afterwards. Read more »
Nacer Chadli has turned out to be an indispensable pawn since coming to Anderlecht. He is a leader on the field and has a foot in six of the seven goals that Anderlecht have scored since his transfer. "Nacer feels good and important at Anderlecht," says his sister in Het Nieuwsblad. Read more »
Alexandre De Bruyn is playing professional football on the field in the Astridpark for the first time in his life on Sunday. For years he seemed destined to become one of the new stars of Anderlecht. Two serious knee injuries decided differently. But at the age of 25 he is finally a first division key player. At Sint-Truiden. Read more »
Albert Sambi Lokonga is close to a contract extension, he says in Het Laatste Nieuws. He also emphasizes that his brother Paul-José Mpoku is not his agent, Stijn Francis takes on that task. He is also convinced that RSC Anderlecht will be fine. Read more »
Miro Jaganjac is by no means satisfied with the missed transfer of his player Isaac Kiese Thelin to Copenhagen. With few words, Jaganjac makes it clear that Anderlecht is being poorly led: "Just look at their position in the ranking." Read more »
It was a remarkable passage in the article about Albert Sambi Lokonga's contract extension: his brother and Standard player Paul-José Mpoku would sit around the table as his agent, wrote Het Laatste Nieuws. Stijn Francis, the real agent of Sambi Lokonga, clarifies the facts. Read more »
A big wage, chronic knee problems and still a Mogi Bayat player. Enough reasons why RSC Anderlecht wanted to get rid of Kara Mbodji. Although the Senegalese now contradicts: "I wanted to leave myself". In Qatar he is again the basic player. - Kara is at the base of every match at Al-Sailiya, together with Mbark Boussafa he is one of the strongholds. He said he had had it with Belgium and wanted to continue his career somewhere else.
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Frank Vercauteren gradually has all the players back to train with, it is only waiting for the national U21. Vercauteren started with a group discussion, in which everyone could share their grievances and thoughts. There was no criticism towards Vincent Kompany. Read more »
You might have forgotten him in the meantime, but he is still there and has started training individually: Andy Najar. The Honduran has been struggling with a new injury for several months, but seems to be slowly returning. Read more »
What an evening for Yari Verschaeren. Against San Marino he showed himself with a strong substitution and as the icing on the cake he scored his first goal for the Red Devils. "What a great feeling. I'm a little emotional," it sounded afterwards. Read more »
At the beginning of September Yari Verschaeren received his first selection with the Red Devils. He was also allowed to immediately play against Scotland. And there was a lot to do because he kept Hans Vanaken on the bench. National coach Roberto Martinez explains his choice. Read more »
Just like in September, Vincent Kompany can't go to the Red Devils due to an injury. A regrettable matter according to national coach Roberto Martinez. And what does the future look like for the national team for Kompany? The situation of Kompany will be evaluated in March. Read more »
Ivan Santini went to Jiangsu Suning in China in the summer. He is still following RSC Anderlecht and also believes in Vincent Kompany's project: "I am not angry, they had to sell me because the club needed money." Although the club mainly needs stability according to the Croat. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren immediately put the finishing touches on the trainers issue: he is the head coach and takes the final decisions. But he also made a few things clear to the press. He also wanted to thank the supporters for their positive reactions in recent days. Read more »
The summer mercato is just behind us, but the winter mercato is already coming. He did not yet want to say whether Frank Vercauteren has certain wishes for that mercato. He first wants to take the time to teach the boys who are there and to give them confidence.
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Frank Vercauteren immediately made one thing clear, he is the coach and takes the final decision. He has faith in the process and wants to go along with it, but he mainly wants to take points. If you have to do that with a little less beautiful football, then you should. Read more »
In recent days there has been a lot to do about Oud-Heverlee Leuven's reaction to the departure of Frank Vercauteren. Some pointed back and forth with the finger. Vercauteren himself does not understand the commotion well: "In my contract there was a boarding clause, so a departure was always possible". Read more »
Anderlecht defended themselves this afternoon in front of the license committee in the Vincent Kompany case. It argued that Simon Davies is / was the trainer. "Kompany is a coach in the sense of inspirator and supervisor," it sounded. The ruling will follow next Tuesday. Read more »
The Professional Refereeing Department (PRD) has explained the rejected goal of Nacer Chadli on Friday in Charleroi. According to the PRD, the VAR did not have to intervene because the referee clearly did not make a mistake. But, and especially that is striking, the PRD does say that the goal was rightly rejected for hand play. Read more »
Michaël Ruysseveldt died last Friday at the age of 68 in the OLV in Aalst. Ruysseveldt was employed by bus company Rantour and for 15 years he was the regular bus driver of RSC Anderlecht. "Michaël was a true professional who was available day and night," said former Anderlecht-manager Michel Verschueren. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren has been called up again for the Red Devils. An extra incentive to start the game on Friday. And that worked, because Verschaeren scored the opening goal, something the Red Devil is very happy with. Read more »
Samir Nasri had to leave the field after an injury. And it doesn't look good. A while later we saw Nasri walking with crutches. A long unavailability threatens. That was also admitted by ad interim coach Jonas De Roeck: "It doesn't look good." Read more »
Before his appointment at RSC Anderlecht, Frank Vercauteren worked at Oud-Heverlee Leuven as a sports consultant. Vercauteren immediately resigns from his position, something that they don't like at OHL. They let this know in an official announcement on their official website. Read more »
Sports director Michael Verschueren does not hide himself when things are difficult. Even now he takes the time to talk about the current state of affairs. Frank Vercauteren has been brought in to bring more experience to the staff. Nothing changes for Vincent Kompany. Read more »
Frank Vercauteren is satisfied that he is again a trainer at RSC Anderlecht. His arrival also fits in the club's philosophy of involving old glories in the daily management of the club. Vercauteren himself is "satisfied that he is coming home again." Read more »
Simon Davies occasionally screamed the lungs out of his body along the line, but nothing helped. The coach saw opportunities but they were not taken advantage of. He was positive about the standard situations: "We made progress there".
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Samir Nasri played an entire game again. The second half in particular, he occasionally showed flashes of his class. But that too was not enough to grab the three points at home. The Frenchman can understand the frustration of the supporters. Read more »
Philippe Sandler understands the dissatisfaction of the supporters. The players themselves are also disappointed that they could not win again. The first half in particular had to be much better. But Sandler continues to believe in the project and the team. Read more »
