From Friday, visiting supporters are welcome again in the stadiums. On Sunday, RSC Anderlecht will receive Genk in the Lotto Park, so the Limburg fans can come to Brussels with their fans. The ban on drinking and eating has also been lifted. Read more »
From Friday, our country switches to Code Orange. The stadium capacity goes from 70% to 80%. And that only applies to home fans, visiting fans are still not allowed. Read more »
Today Michael Amir Murillo celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Herman Van Holsbeeck appealed against his provisional detention, tomorrow he will know whether that was rejected or whether he can leave prison. The former sports director also maintains his innocence. Read more »
First suspended, then not, and now again. Anderlecht will not be able to call on Wesley Hoedt for Sunday's match against Eupen. Read more »
The Swedish newspaper SportExpressen reports that Anderlecht have made a bid of 2.5 million euros for Abdulrazak Ishaq. However, his club Norrköping does not want to let the 19-year-old midfielder go yet. Read more »
Journalist Ekrem Konur reports that three clubs from Turkey have made bids for Benito Raman. One of them would be Fenerbahçe. Anderlecht would have declined all offers. Read more »
During half-time of Union - Anderlecht, Wesley Hoedt and Lior Refaelov got into a heated discussion. There were loud shouts and the two even went nose to nose for a moment. Captain Hendrik Van Crombrugge was able to calm things down. Read more »
Sunday evening, Vincent Kompany and Benito Raman had a conversation about Raman's frustrations with his substitute status. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that. Het Nieuwsblad writes that Raman got interest from Turkey.
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Today Taylor Harwood-Bellis celebrates his birthday! He becomes 20 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Today Marc Coucke celebrates his birthday! He becomes 57 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
With Amir Murillo staying with the Panamanian national team, Killian Sardella is hoping for a place in the starting lineup. Should Vincent Kompany still prefer Bogdan Mykhaylinchenko, Sardella's entourage thinks it might be time to leave RSC Anderlecht after all. Read more »
Tonight around 7 pm, RSC Anderlecht will know if it will have to miss Christiaan Kouamé a little longer or not. At 5 pm, Ivory Coast will take on Egypt for a spot in the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup. Read more »
Today Zakaria Bakkali celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Shortly before the half hour, Peyre pulled Raman down in the penalty area, but ref Boterberg saw no harm in it. Strangely enough, there was no sign of a VAR intervention. Afterwards, it was confirmed that VAR had effectively watched the phase. Read more »
Amir Murillo picked up his fifth yellow card on Sunday, deliberately. The Panamanian leaves for Panama due to international obligations so that fifth yellow card came at a good time since he can't play anyway. Read more »
The Consultative Committee approved the corona barometer, which is a good thing for sporting events. Although the corona barometer will start immediately next Friday in code red, public will still be allowed at soccer matches from that date. Read more »
It could just have been that Thomas Vermaelen would be working as an assistant coach at Anderlecht today. Yesterday, it became known that the defender will quit as Red Devil and become assistant coach. Kompany had previously asked him to join his staff at Anderlecht. "But I was a year too early with my question," he said.
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Joshua Zirkzee will get the chance to prove himself again at Bayern Munich next summer after his loan period at Anderlecht. This is what Bild journalist David Verhof says in the Sudpresse newspapers.
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Most clubs have now filed their annual accounts, although some are still missing; including Anderlecht's. However, Peter Verbeke confirmed that the club made a loss of 29.1 million euros. The recently implemented capital increase must therefore serve to fill the deep pits (because also last year, the account colored blood red). Read more »
The arrest of Herman Van Holsbeeck is completely unrelated to Propere Handen, where he will probably also be brought to trial. The case is not only about transfers but also about the sale of RSC Anderlecht where he would have tried to swindle Marc Coucke. Read more »
Today, another Consultation Committee is scheduled and it may have good news for the soccer clubs. This is because the corona barometer is on the table and if it passes it will bring the fans back into the stadiums in all areas. Read more »
Adrien Trebel has been in the B-team for several months now and is still earning an annual salary of 2.7 million euros. Possibly Charleroi offers a solution although the Karolos only want to take over part of his salary.
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Herman Van Holsbeeck was arrested yesterday in the fraud case involving agent Christophe Henrotay. This was reported by VRT and has since been confirmed to several newspapers. Van Holsbeeck is accused of private corruption, tax fraud, money laundering and association of criminals. Read more »
The scouting cell of AC Milan continues to follow the performances of Yari Verschaeren with very close attention. So writes the website Calciomercato. A transfer in January is not on the agenda, but if Verschaeren continues to develop well, he could well follow in the footsteps of Alexis Saelemaekers in the summer, it sounds.
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According to the Romanian journalist Emanuel Rosu, Anderlecht is thinking of hiring George Puscas this winter. Rosu does explicitly state that the talks are not yet at an advanced stage. Puscas is a 25-year-old center striker who plays for Reading. Read more »
The federal prosecutor's office has announced the names of the people it intends to refer to court in Operation Zero. It concerns 56 people. These include Herman Van Holsbeeck, Jo Van Biesbroeck, Philippe Collin, Laurent Denis, Luc Devroe and Christian N'Sengi. Read more »
It is not yet 100% certain, but there is a very good chance that Rayane Bounida will move to Ajax in March. There are more and more reports from various channels that the deal is done. Although we still have to wait until Bounida's 16th birthday in March. Read more »
The matches between RSC Anderlecht and Standard Liege are always very fraught. Supporters are not yet allowed in the stadium due to the current health crisis but that doesn't stop Mauves Army from already challenging the opponent. Read more »
Lisandro Magallan is training with the selection again after a short absence. In principle, he will be ready to play against Standard. Majeed Ashimeru is currently recovering from a covid infection. He should be able to leave quarantine this weekend. Whether he will be included in the selection, remains to be seen. Read more »
For the first time since 2017 Anderlecht had a player in the top ten of the Golden Boot. And even two. Sergio Gomez (picture) obtained the eighth place and Lukas Nmecha the ninth. The victory went somewhat surprisingly to Paul Onuachu of Racing Genk. Read more »
The Pro League has announced the exact dates for the matches in February and the first weekend of March. Anderlecht plays three times at home on Sunday and two times away on Saturday. Read more »
Hendrik Van Crombrugge has finished eighth in the election of Goalkeeper of the Year. The prize went to Simon Mignolet of Club Brugge. Bart Verbruggen also collected five points. Read more »
Vincent Kompany finished sixth in the election of Coach of the Year. The trophy went to Union coach Felice Mazzu. He narrowly won against Philippe Clement of Club Brugge. Read more »
Charles De Ketelaere succeeds himself as Youngster of the Year. It was Yari Verschaeren who was able to tell the Club Brugge player the news in a video message. "It is thickly deserved," said Verschaeren. Anderlecht has with Sergio Gomez, Albert Sambi Lokonga and Anouar Ait El Hadj three players in the top five. Read more »
Naïm van Attenhoven is no longer a player of Anderlecht. The 18-year-old goalkeeper has left purple and white. While waiting for a new club, he maintains his fitness with the Free Pro Players, the association of unemployed professional soccer players. Yesterday, he played a friendly game with them. Read more »
Anderlecht has a third corona case. After Lisandro Magallan and Enock Agyei, Majeed Ashimeru has now also tested positive for the corona virus. The Ghanaian midfielder was immediately quarantined. Read more »
What we already announced a few days ago, is now also official: former Anderlecht player Edo Kayembe swaps Eupen for Watford. A year and a half ago, Anderlecht sold the Congolese midfielder to Eupen for 800,000 euros. Read more »
At Anderlecht, players were tested for corona after returning to the club. Only Lisandro Magallan, who traveled to Argentina during the short break, tested positive from the first team. U21 player Enock Agyei also tested positive. Both players are going into quarantine. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru took advantage of the short vacation to visit his native country Ghana. The midfielder did not arrive there empty-handed. He donated soccer shoes and other soccer equipment to the local youth. Read more »
As the last of all first division teams, Anderlecht will resume training tomorrow. Purple-White will not go on a foreign training camp, but will prepare for the second half of the season in Neerpede. Read more »
January 1 is the day of good intentions for the new year and it's no different for Anouar Ait El Hadj. In his Instagram stories, the attacking midfielder looks forward to 2022. "2022 is a new challenge. Let's improve on our mistakes and show everyone that we are hungry" Read more »
eruvian journalists report an agreement between Anderlecht and Sporting Cristal over Percy Liza. Others contradict these reports. Meanwhile, Liza received the award of best newcomer in the Peruvian first division.
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A lot of Anderlecht players are currently spending their vacation in Dubai. Among others Benito Raman, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Francis Amuzu, Joshua Zirkzee, Killian Sardella and Nayel Mehssatou are staying there. Wesley Hoedt is in Abu Dhabi.
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Two players of Anderlecht didn't miss a second of the 28 official games that purple-white already played this season: goalkeeper Hendrik Van Crombrugge and defender Wesley Hoedt. When we make an overview of the number of playing minutes per player, we notice that Yari Verschaeren is the only youth product in the top ten. Read more »
Beerschot - Anderlecht minute 68. A first: Vincent Kompany substitutes Josh Cullen. For the first time this season Anderlecht played in an official game without the Irishman. Out of the 28 games Anderlecht played this season, Cullen only missed these 22 minutes. Read more »
Despite the recent capital increase, Anderlecht booked a loss of 29 million Euros again this year. According to CEO Peter Verbeke, bankruptcy was avoided thanks to the recent financial efforts of Marc Coucke, among others. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru will not participate in the Africa Cup in January. The Anderlecht midfielder is not part of Ghana's 31-man pre-selection. Christian Kouamé is thus the only player Anderlecht has to miss through the tournament. Read more »
The draw for the semi-finals of the Croky Cup took place immediately after the quarter finals. Anderlecht will meet Eupen in 2 legs. Eupen will play at home first.
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Anderlecht will probably have to miss striker Christian Kouamé for a while. He is in the pre-selection of 28 players of Ivory Coast for the Africa Cup. Eventually, three more names will be dropped from that selection. Read more »
