In the Danish media, Kasper Dolberg also briefly discusses Besnik Hasi's contract extension. “He is a real clubman and enjoys respect and esteem,” Dolberg said. “He has clear ideas about how he wants to play. That will be interesting.” Read more »
Will Kasper Dolberg stay with Anderlecht? It will be one of the hot topics this summer. Speaking to Danish media, the striker says he feels very good in Brussels and at Anderlecht, but that a transfer cannot be ruled out. “But then everything has to be right,” he said. Read more »
In La Dernière Heure, Antoine Colassin looks back on his first season at Beerschot. The fact that he failed to break through at Anderlecht is also discussed. “The step to another club did me good. It was important to realize that not everyone can succeed at Anderlecht.” Read more »
Zeno Debast has had a remarkable year, winning both the championship and the cup with Sporting Lisbon. The young player highlights the Portuguese's passion for soccer and the intensity of the matches, especially against arch-rival Benfica. Since coming to Portugal, Debast has gained six pounds of muscle mass. According to him, people in Portugal work more professionally. But there is also more budget. Read more »
La Dernière Heure brings an article that capitalizes on Humo's coverage earlier. According to the Walloon newspaper, the Humo article is based on rumors that have been floating around the club for some time. The newspaper also unpacks in the same article with the news that Wouter Vandenhaute still has a mandate as president until 2031. Read more »
According to the Senegalese news website Football 13, Oumar Sarr has signed a 4.5-year contract with Anderlecht. Sarr will not join purple and white until January, when he turns 18, though. He may first be based at the Futures to mature. Read more »
Marc Coucke confirmed in a broadcast on VTM that Romelu Lukaku will play for the club again in the future. The exact date of his return is not yet known and may not even happen for another three years. For now, however, Lukaku will focus on the Champions League, which he will participate in next season with Napoli alongside Kevin de Bruyne. Read more »
At Serbian medium Mozzart Sport, Mihajlo Cvetković has explained his transfer to Anderlecht. “Since last summer a lot of clubs inquired,” he explained. “The contacts with Anderlecht date back to January. I visited Malmö, but Anderlecht convinced me the most.” Read more »
The broadcast Play4 will stop the program 'Sports Late Night' which featured summaries of matches from the Jupiler Pro League and foreign leagues. The channel has confirmed the news. Read more »
Philippe Albert judges RSCA's season as insufficient. Anderlecht recorded 19 defeats in all competitions, which is far too many. The fact that there has been a succession of three coaches this season is also a reason cited by the former player.
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Zeno Debast admits that RSCA has gone through a lot of changes this season, new players but three coaches for one season which is huge. He'd like to see his parent club find some stability and start looking forward. Read more »
Two days before the last game of the season, Besnik Hasi spoke to the press one more time. The Anderlecht coach was asked questions about his future, that of Mario Stroeykens and that of the club. “Guys like De Cat, Kanaté, Goto and De Greef can bring a bright future to the club, but then they have to be well surrounded,” he said. Read more »
Philippe Albert considers RSCA's defeat in the Belgian Cup final to be Besnik Hasi's dark spot since his return to Neerpede. The Anderlecht coach would have had to win this bet to speak of a winning return, but that's not the case. Read more »
Besnik Hasi is facing his last two games as Anderlecht coach. “A final decision on an extended stay will only be made after the season. There is more work than I thought, but it is a challenge I want to take on,” Hasi said. The evaluation talks with CEO Sports Tim Borguet and sporting director Olivier Renard are scheduled after the last game against Racing Genk. Read more »
Marvin Ongujimi has been working in the shadows at Mechelen and is about to arrive at RSCA to coach the strikers, it was Besnik Hasi who informed the Purple management of his name, who appreciated the work done by the coach. Read more »
Referee boss Lardot returned to the much-discussed stages of the match between Union and Anderlecht. Lardot does not think Anderlecht should have been awarded a penalty after Mac Allister's “foul”. "The defender makes no movement and Angulo makes an extra jump," it sounds. So the VAR intervention and the ref's final decision were wrong. What Lardot did find correct was the yellow for Burgess after a foul on that same Angulo. "I could have lived with red, but in the end the integrity of the player is not compromised," he said. Read more »
Philippe Albert has expressed his concerns about RSC Anderlecht's performance after the disappointing defeat in the final of the Cup of Belgium and the home game against Union. "Specific players, such as Yari Verschaeren and Moussa N'Diaye, did not live up to expectations, while Thorgan Hazard also failed to convince with his play," Albert observed. Albert was also not set up with Wouter Vandenhaute's interview. He called it "a smokescreen for the supporters." Read more »
Colin Coosemans noted that his team made too many individual mistakes against Union. "Our mistakes played a decisive role in the outcome of the game," he said. Coosemans stressed that the last two games should not be considered practice matches: "They are crucial to determine who can really prove themselves as a valuable player for Anderlecht." Read more »
Besnik Hasi saw his team get off to a very bad start in the game against Union. "That penalty for Union was absolutely avoidable," he said. "Union's aggressiveness allowed them to score the only goal of the match, which came from a ball loss by Yari Verschaeren," he continued. In the second half, Anderlecht improved its play somewhat, but this proved insufficient to turn the game around. Read more »
In the media, Frank Boeckx, former Anderlecht goalkeeper, has expressed his praise for Colin Coosemans, whom he considers one of the best goalkeepers in the league. Boeckx emphasizes that Coosemans is particularly good at keeping his composure during crucial moments of the match. In addition, he praises Coosemans' skill with both feet, which makes him a valuable asset to his team as a co-footed goalkeeper. "His reflexes are of a high level and he shows great skill in one-on-one situations with attackers," he added. Read more »
On the eve of the cup final, Anderlecht captain Jan Vertonghen has spoken out about his preparation and expectations. Despite having played only six games this season, he feels ready to play. “Yes, I played on Thursday and felt good,” Vertonghen said. Read more »
Besnik Hasi states that his future at the club does not depend on a victory in the final of the Cup of Belgium. He has received no guarantees for a contract extension, but sees his return to Anderlecht as an opportunity to coach a top team. Hasi stressed that it is up to the club management to determine if he is the right man for the job: “If I achieve my goals, I will feel supported in my role at the club I love.” Read more »
Leander Dendoncker emphasizes that the final of the Belgian Cup has always been in the back of the players' minds since qualifying.For Anderlecht, it feels like a crucial moment; it has been too long since the club has won a trophy. Read more »
Obviously nothing but joy for Besnik Hasi after the match at Antwerp. His little plan worked out perfectly: key players got some rest and an important competitor for fourth place received a solid blow. “This was the perfect scenario,” he said. Read more »
Nathan De Cat decided the match at Antwerp with his first goal for Anderlecht's first team. “Who was I thinking about after my goal? My girlfriend,” the 16-year-old midfielder said after the match. “I am very proud of this. I couldn't have imagined this beforehand, because I don't score often. I was already happy to play.” Read more »
On Thursday, fifteen minutes before the final whistle, Jan Vertonghen made his comeback. “I didn't have much training in the legs, but it was important to make minutes with an eye on the cup final and the rest of the season,” he said after the match. Read more »
Leander Dendoncker was the match winner for Anderlecht in Gent. He played a crucial role by assisting the defense, but also scored the only goal of the match, his third of the season. “It feels good to score this kind of goal,” the midfielder said. Dendoncker dedicated his goal to his wife and two children, emphasizing the importance of his family in his career. Read more »
Besnik Hasi expressed satisfaction after his team's victory in Ghent, taking home the three points. This victory is not only crucial for the players' morale, but also an important boost for the upcoming away game against Antwerp and the final of the Belgian Cup, which takes place in a week's time at the King Baudouin Stadium. Hasi emphasized that the result is currently the priority, but the team's performance was also encouraging. “Every week we are making progress,” he said. Read more »
Besnik Hasi showed pride in his players after the victory against Ghent. He emphasized that his team maintained control of the match throughout the game. Hasi noted that there was a marked increase in offensive confidence, with a strong drive to play forward. A standout player was Danish striker Kasper Dolberg, who was traditionally allowed to receive the match ball. Read more »
After the game, Kasper Dolberg was obviously very satisfied with the victory and the goals he scored against Gent. He also immediately admitted that they were not the hardest goals of his career. “I would certainly have liked to score three; I would not have been satisfied with less now. Only the fourth goal where I lightly deviated the ball with the head was maybe not so easy,” he echoed. The striker also admitted that there was a dose of luck involved. Read more »
How would it be with Anders Dreyer? That's what Het Nieuwsblad also asked, and the newspaper called the Dane in San Diego, his new home since February. “We already feel at home in California,” Dreyer said. “We already won four times with San Diego and my personal statistics are also good.” Read more »
Just three days after the match against Antwerp, Anderlecht has to play again today. Then it will receive AA Gent at the Lotto Park. “These will be two crucial matches to reach our goal of fourth place,” said coach Besnik Hasi. Read more »
Ali Maamar played against Antwerp as right back. “At the Futeres I played here many times,” he said afterwards. “You have to run a lot, but I like this position.” Read more »
Thorgan Hazard has not yet announced his retirement from the national team and is open to a return if he is called up again. That's according to an interview in Humo. Under coach Domenico Tedesco, however, he was missing from the selection, which he does not consider a problem given his limited playing time at Dortmund and PSV. At Anderlecht, things initially went better and better until a nasty injury kept him sidelined for months. “It is important to play and perform consistently to get back into the national team,” he realizes. Read more »
Philippe Albert, ex-Anderlecht and now analyst in French-speaking Belgium, saw that Union won easily against Anderlecht on Saturday all in all. “The team from Forest didn't even have to be good to easily place themselves above RSC Anderlecht,” it sounded. In his opinion piece, Albert mainly expressed his dissatisfaction with coach Besnik Hasi's five-man defense, which he believes is ineffective. Albert therefore advocates a more offensive style of play: "I note that the basic lineup of purple and white contained no less than eight defensive players. That way, of course, you get a lone Dolberg up front, who gets little support in attack." Read more »
Besnik Hasi is concerned about his team's offensive presence after the defeat against Union. He admits in a post-match interview that his players were under pressure in the first quarter, but also stresses that Union barely got any chances. "The team struggled to keep the ball in our possession, which resulted in a goal by David Promise before halftime. In the second half, there was a slight improvement in the structure of play, but the team was unable to finish the chances," he said. Read more »
Goalkeeper Colin Coosemans is getting annoyed from the weak performances Anderlecht is currently stringing together. And even more so that he then always has to be the spokesperson. “If we continue like this, we will not show a pretty picture in the cup final,” he said. Read more »
Nathan De Cat's good substitute performance was one of the few bright spots at Anderlecht against Union. “It was not an easy night,” he told us after the game. “For me personally it was nice (to be able to fill in for so long, ed.), but the team failed to respond.” Read more »
