After the games against Club Brugge and Antwerp, Hein Vanhaezebrouck criticized some players in the press. The link was quickly made with Adrien Trebel. Hein Vanhaezebrouck wanted to make it clear that he and Trebel get along very well. "If he is fit, Adrien always plays." Read more »
Sven Kums is approaching the end of the tunnel. Hein Vanhaezebrouck expects to be able to use the midfielder quickly. "He has been training with the group for 2.5 to 3 weeks and also fell in against Antwerp, and he gradually gets ready to play." Read more »
Tomorrow, Bubacarr Sanneh will be in the starting eleven for the first time for Anderlecht. The 23-year-old Gambian is confident that he will succeed at Anderlecht. "In Gambia everyone knows me as 'timber', this means tree and points to my intransigence, in Denmark my nickname was 'the rock' because of my physical strength." Read more »
This summer, Aaron Leya Iseka exchanged RSC Anderlecht for the French Toulouse. He does not regret his transfer because he thinks it was the right choice for him. He does not have any hatred towards purple-white, both parties have gone apart in the best possible way. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers can no longer be ignored from the selection at RSC Anderlecht. His first steps at the first team were timid and he was impressed. In the meantime we got to know him as a young guy with a temper. But he is working on it. Read more »
Alexis Saelemaekers currently enjoys his first selection for national U21. For the young right back, 2018 is a dream year. He made his debut with the first team of RSC Anderlecht and now he is with the U21 of the Red Devils. Read more »
Kara Mbodji went to FC Nantes in the last days of the summer mercato, on a loan. The past mercato's other teams already showed interest, but the Senegalese was not allowed to leave. Now the cards were different and a departure was forced. Read more »
Milan Corryn surprised everybody on Monday by exchanging Anderlecht for AS Trencin. Why the choice for Slovakia? In Het Laatste Nieuws he gives today some explanation. "In Belgium they prefer a 28-year-old." Read more »
With many, we followed the developments around the transfer of Lazar Markovic last Friday evening. He did not come in the end, the Serb would have had too high wage demands. But Markovic contradicts this via his official twitter account: "Money was not the issue". Read more »
The transfer of Lazar Markovic did not take place during the last hours of the summer mercato. The Serbian wage demands would have been too high. Hein Vanhaezebrouck confirmed that today and let it be known that both Marc Coucke and Luc Devroe had gone a long way to bring in Markovic. Read more »
Zakaria Bakkali made his debut as a basic player against Antwerp yesterday. Like his coach, he is of the opinion that RSC Anderlecht should have always taken the three points, and that they lost it in the second half. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck saw, just like everyone who saw the match, a fantastic first half hour of RSC Anderlecht. Opportunities enough, but purple-white scored only once. The second half was not good enough from this team, the coach said. Read more »
Adrien Trebel finally signed his contract extension. The captain feel good at RSC Anderlecht and he has the role of patron for the youngsters. Moreover, he feels the confidence of the coach and that was important for the Frenchman. Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck was clearly after the draw of the Europa League: "The goal is to survive the group stage". The coach is satisfied with the draw, for him it was important to avoid distant trips and it worked out like that. Read more »
According to Het Nieuwsblad and Het Laatste Nieuws, Anderlecht have succeeded in capturing Babacarr Sanneh. The Gambian missed training at his club Midtjylland and would be on his way to Belgium. Read more »
Anderlecht saw this summer youth scout Urbain Haesaert leave for Ajax. In Het Nieuwsblad, Haesaert tells us today why he left Anderlecht. "I lacked respect and they wanted to modernize my entire database, on which I have been working on since 1999." Read more »
Marc Coucke reacts shortly on twitter on the three match days of suspension of Ognjen Vranjes. The chairman emphasizes that he has no problem with the suspension. The club had lodged an appeal against the number of suspended days. He hopes for evocation of the parquet so that justice still happens. Read more »
The Disputes Committee for the Higher Appeal remains with the claimed penalty for Ognjen Vranjes of three matchdays. On Saturday it still spoke Mehdi Carcela, Wesley Moreas and Eric Ocansey free. "This is a very peculiar statement, in three days they use a completely opposite argumentation," says Anderlecht lawyer Luc Deleu. Read more »
It was a big surprise: Adidas is replaced by the relatively unknown Joma. At the Spanish sports and shoe manufacturer, there are assured. "We are going to try to convince the fans of our strength." Joma also dresses the Italian Sampdoria. Their shirt was voted the best of the Serie A last season. Read more »
For the first time, Olivier Deschacht reacted on his forced departure at Anderlecht. "Two days before the last league game Vanhaezebrouck looked me in the eye and said he wanted to keep me in. So I think the decision was made by someone else." Read more »
Hein Vanhaezebrouck was hard for his experienced players after the game against Club Brugge. "We lacked maturity and experience in places where I did not expect it", Vanhaezebrouck referred to his central midfielders. Read more »
The last week of the transfer period has started and Anderlecht still want to get involved in the transfer market. Manager Luc Devroe hopes to be able to quickly propose reinforcement. "We're too tight on the defensive level, and offensively we get someone when the chance presents itself." Read more »
After 43 years Anderlecht say goodbye to Adidas as a clothing sponsor. This announcement is a shock at the German sports brand. "Our purple heart bleeds", says marketing director Frans Basters in Het Nieuwsblad. "We wanted to extend the cooperation, but the club refused." Read more »
Ex-Anderlecht coach Johan Boskamp can find himself in the renewed and rejuvenated Anderlecht. The youth that flows through, and then Zakaria Bakkali on the bench. Boskamp fervently hopes that Bakkali can restore his old level, although he also fears that Purple & White is the last chance for the young Moroccan Belgian. Read more »
In an interview with Het Nieuwsblad Luc Devroe confirms that Anderlecht have made an offer on both Babacarr Sanneh and Prince-Désir Gouano. At this point without success. "Our transfer summer will last until August 31. Who we will take? Maybe no one." Read more »
These are busy days for Luc Devroe. The transfer period is going into its final days and a solution has to be found for Kara Mbodji, Ivan Obradovic and possibly also for Ryota Morioka. In addition, Devroe also wants reinforcement in defense. Read more »
Tonight, matchday five of the Jupiler Pro League is kicked off. On Sunday, the top game Club Brugge - Anderlecht is already on the program. Hein Vanhaezebrouck has no problems to play that clash so early in the season, certainly not as it is to relieve the clubs that play European games. Read more »
The transfer from Sikou Niakaté to Anderlecht will not take place. That confirmed his agent just at Het Laatste Nieuws. According to him, an injury is not the problem. "Sikou is fit, but we did not agree", that's how it sounds. Read more »
Anderlecht scored 12 out of 12 in the first 4 league games. But for Vanhaezebrouck the real tests for his group now follow with the four games against Club-Antwerp-Genk-Standard. "I saw a lot of good things: we make weekly progress. We will have to see whether this is enough to score points in the top matches that follow." Club-Antwerp-Genk-Standard will be serious tests for my new group. " Read more »
