Herman Van Holsbeeck confirmed Anderlecht have the intention to purchase Mahmoud "Trézéguet" Hassan. They will be pay Al Ahli 2.2 million Euros. "We are convinced he has the potential, he just needs more time", the manager said. Read more »
Dennis Praet was happy after the victory against KV Kortrijk. The team gained confidence for the play-offs next month and for this week's match against Shakhtar Donetsk. Read more »
Chairman Vanden Stock confirms a dismissal of coach Besnik Hasi has always been out of the question for the Anderlecht board. "It were the fans and the media who wanted that. They put all the pressure on the coach." Read more »
Anderlecht are starting the play-offs with a home match against KRC Genk and a four-point gap on Club Bruges. General manager Herman Van Holsbeeck realizes that Anderlecht will have to win as from matchday 1 if they still want to win the title. Read more »
Youri Tielemans played a decent match against KV Kortrijk. The midfielder seems to be ready for a key role in the Play Off 1 and coach Besnik Hasi obviously is very happy with the comeback of the youngster. Read more »
The victory against KV Kortrijk came as a relief for coach Besnik Hasi but still he was not happy. He was disappointed with the fact that he also felt internal pressure to come up with better results. Read more »
Alexander Büttner has a big share in yesterday's victory against KV Kortrijk with two assists. The winger defended his coach after this important match. Read more »
Kara Mbodj scored his first goal in the Jupiler Pro League yesterday. He scored with a header after an assist by Alexander Büttner. The defender played a solid match and seems to have his revenge for the criticism the last few days. Read more »
Frank Acheampong scored his fourth goal of this competition yesterday. "This was a goal for the coach", the Ghanaian winger stated. "I knew a goal would help our coach." Read more »
Silvio Proto called the victory against KV Kortrijk one of the most important ones in his career. "I told my team mates before the match that we had to win, as a team and for our coach", Proto reacted. Read more »
The match against Kortrijk later today will be crucial for the future of coach Besnik Hasi. Also Paul Van Himst shares this opinion. The Anderlecht icon is still supporting our current coach but has some doubts. "The players are still supporting him in public, but do they really do?" Read more »
Ibrahima Conté finally got his chance to play against Shakhtar last Thursday and he rewarded the team with an assist for Frank Acheampong. Conté's manager hopes this is the start of a new chapter in his career. "He should take Acheampong as an example", he reacts. Read more »
The Anderlecht U19 qualified for the Final Four in the Youth League last Tuesday. Besnik Hasi is impressed by their skills but thinks it is still too early to select them for the first team. Read more »
The disagreement of the fans with the way things are currently going at Anderlecht are not a secret anymore and in some way, they are right. Ivan Boelens of fan federation ASA believes the next match against KV Kortrijk will become very important to keep the Anderlecht fans satisfied. Read more »
The Anderlecht squad left Ukraine immediately after that match and arrived in Brussels after midnight. Today, a press conference was scheduled to discuss the last match of the Jupiler Pro League. Read more »
Matias Suarez was in the starting eleven yesterday and left a good impression in Donetsk. Despite the defeat he also still believes in the qualification. Read more »
Ibrahima Conté played a good match against Shakhtar Donetsk, he gave an assist and made Frank Acheampong score an important goal. Conté claims Anderlecht were close to the equalizer, but details made the difference between both teams. Read more »
The third goal might be decisive for the qualification next week. "This will be hard. 2-1 would have been a much better result", defender Olivier Deschacht reacted. Read more »
Frank Acheampong scored his fourth goal of this European campaign yesterday and is top scorer of the team. However, he was disappointed with his match against Shakhtar. Read more »
Anderlecht are in a tough period and are still nine points behind Club Bruges, but chairman Vanden Stock is still optimistic and believes Anderlecht can win the championship title. Read more »
Despite the defeat, Besnik Hasi was satisfied with the way Anderlecht played yesterday. This performance should be confirmed next Sunday. "We should absolutely win this weekend", Hasi stated. That is also the reason why he substituted Dennis Praet. Read more »
Bram Nuytinck is still hopeful after the 3-1 defeat against Shakhtar Donetsk. "Everything is still possible", he claims. "We were able to create many chances here, we can do that in the second leg as well." Read more »
Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu had a successful evening yesterday. "We had a tough evening, but this is a good result." Especially the first half of Donetsk was impressive. Read more »
Steven Defour hit the ball wrong and caused the first goal. "I made a mistake", the midfielder said. "I wanted to pass the ball on to Deschacht but I totally hit it wrong." Read more »
Kara Mbodj caused the second goal, but he did not want to take the responsibility. "Stop looking at Okaka and myself!" Afterwards, he did admit that "everyone makes mistakes". Read more »
Anderlecht are playing a very poor season and also Eddy Merckx, one of the biggest fans of the Mauves, admits it hurts him to see how Anderlecht are playing. "I am still watching all their matches, but they are really disappointing me", the former cyclist reacts. Read more »
