Racing Genk has some worries before the first game of the playoffs, tomorrow against Anderlecht. Star player Leandro Trossard and top scorer Ally Samatta have both returned from the national team with minor injuries. Samatta didn't train on Wednesday.. Read more »
There is a good chance that Fred Rutten will be asked another question about his future at RSC Anderlecht tomorrow. We can already tell you that the trainer will respond evasively and so does Michaël Verschueren: "The results will probably decide". Read more »
Yannick Bolasie returns to his mother club Everton at the end of the season. Or is there a chance that he might just extend his lease with RSC Anderlecht? Perhaps, provided that Purple & White will play Champions League next season. Read more »
The last weekend the players of RSC Anderlecht got a few days off. Ognjen Vranjes took advantage of those days to visit his family in Banja Luka. A brief escape from all the unrest in Belgium, until he returned. His residence permit had expired and he was considered illegal. Read more »
Angelo De Gruyter has been active full-time as scout for RSC Anderlecht for the past three years. In total he worked for purple and white for 17 years. But that is now coming to an end, De Gruyter is going to scout for Ajax. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht must explain to the license commission about the capital increase of 30 million euros. A formality according to the board that does not worry. It will pass on the requested information to the committee. Read more »
The five nominees for the Ebony Shoe are known and one player is from Anderlecht. Landry Dimata has a chance to be awarded on May 6 as best player from Africa or with African roots in our competition. Read more »
Would he be a bit disappointed now, Ivan Obradovic? The Serb thanked for the national team last week to focus entirely on Anderlecht. Filip Mladenovic, who was called up in Obradovic's place, played the entire game against Portugal yesterday. Read more »
Today, Het Nieuwsblad publishes an analysis of the annual accounts of the sixteen first division teams last season. Anderlecht made a loss of 6.4 million euros in 2017-2018. Figures that could cause sporting problems from next season. Read more »
Anderlecht wants to continue next season with Kara Mbodji and Ivan Obradovic, says sports director Michaël Verschueren. The players themselves also want to stay, they feel appreciation within the club and also have a solid salary. Read more »
Saturday, play-off 1 starts for RSC Anderlecht, it will then visit leader KRC Genk. That will probably be with Adrien Trebel. The Frenchman is training fully again and it looks like he is getting fit for the play-offs. Read more »
Kenny Saief is doing well at FC Cincinnati, but the chances are low that the American team will use the purchase option. That is because it is way too high according to his agent. And so Saief may return to RSC Anderlecht after his rental period. Read more »
The Belgian Football Association has announced its selection of referees and linesmen for play-off 1. New this season is that the referees go into isolation one day before the game in the National Football Center in Tubize. Read more »
Vincent Kompany has been elected best foreign defender ever in the Premier League in England. The voting competition was organized by the BBC. Kompany was recently in Belgium where he spoke with chairman Marc Coucke. Read more »
The profession of agent is apparently popular with the former managers of RSC Anderlecht. After Luc Devroe, Herman Van Holsbeeck has now also registered as an agent. MMEL Sports Company is the name of Van Holsbeeck's new company. Read more »
Ryota Morioka has resumed training at Charleroi after his injury. The Japanese is fit and ready for play-off 2. Kenny Saief already fell in for the first time for his rental club FC Cincinnatti. Read more »
Fred Rutten trained the past few days with a limited core due to international obligations. But now it is quiet on the training grounds of RSC Anderlecht. The remaining players were given three days' off and are only expected back on the field on Monday. Read more »
Just 2.5 months after his return from the second team, Ivan Obradovic received a convocation for the national team of Serbia. The left back thanks for the honor. He wants to focus entirely on Anderlecht. Read more »
Anderlecht players Peter Zulj (photo) and Antonio Milic stayed on the bench for 90 minutes with their national team. Zulj saw Austria lose with 0-1 from Poland. Milic saw Croatia win against Azerbaijan with 2-1. Read more »
Edo Kayembé played with the U23 of RD Congo against Morocco. Congo won the match with 2-0. With this victory, they took a big step towards qualification for the CAN U23. Read more »
According to Congolese media, Yannick Bolasie has been given some rest by the Congolese national coach. It is not about an injury but about a recuperation period. His appearance for the match against Liberia on March 24 would not be jeopardized. Read more »
Today Sebastiaan Bornauw celebrates his birthday! He becomes 20 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
It was announced for the near future, but it is already there: Anderlecht and Yari Verschaeren have reached an agreement on a new contract. That is what Het Nieuwsblad writes. In the meantime, it sounds from Italy that PSG has noticed Verschaeren . Read more »
If you still had doubts, the Eurostadion is now dead and buried. The Belgian Football Association announced that it wants to completely renovate and rename the King Baudouin Stadium into the Golden Generation Arena. Read more »
It's not all football all day long for Yari Verschaeren. The Anderlecht revelation is still studying and he takes that seriously. For example, Monday and Tuesday the studies are central. That means that the midfielder doesn't train with the first team during those days, but with the U21. Read more »
Luc Devroe is no longer a member of the RSC Anderlecht board. His place is taken by Matthijs Keerseblick, former head of the commercial cell but now working at Matexi. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren is currently staying with the national U19, but Johan Walem, national coach of the national U21, is also watching him. In the meantime, negotiations on a contract extension at RSC Anderlecht are continuing. According to Michaël Verschueren "it is going in the right direction". Read more »
The Jupiler Pro League has just announced the play-off 1 calendar. RSC Anderlecht start the play-offs with an away game to Genk. Club Brugge will be come on the second matchday. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht has sent a scout to the Greek game between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos. It is not known which player(s) they have in mind. They were accompanied by scouts from Celtic, Fenerbahçe and Norwich City. Read more »
Wout Faes has not become fit for today's game between Anderlecht and Ostend. The youth product of purple and white is struggling with a foot injury and is not included in the 18-man selection selection that Ostend coach Hugo Broos released yesterday.
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Bubacarr Sanneh was selected by the national coach of Gambia for the match against Algeria. He has also provided a training camp from March 18 to 21 in Morocco. The game itself is on March 22 in Algeria. Read more »
Mehdi Carcela is still being prosecuted for the middle finger towards the referee. Ivan Santini also had the chance that he could get a suspension for the blow in the face of Diaby. But the Croat should not fear a suspension, the Federal Prosecutor's Office cannot prosecute him. Read more »
The national U21 continues their qualification round for the European Championship during the international break. National coach Johan Walem also announced his selection for these matches. Elias Cobbaut, Francis Amuzu and Alexis Saelemaekers are part of this selection. Read more »
On Sunday the regular competition will be finished and the countdown to the play-offs will start. RSC Anderlecht also sees some internationals leaving for two weeks. So a real training camp is not planned. Read more »
Today Andy Najar celebrates his birthday! He becomes 26 years old and we would like to wish him a happy birthday! Read more »
Zakaria Bakkali and Andy Najar will not be in the selection for Sunday's game against KV Ostend. Both players will only be fit again with the start of the play-offs. Najar has already partly resumed the training. Read more »
Ivan Obradovic already indicated last week that he wants to stay at RSC Anderlecht. He first wanted to wait for the play-offs before starting the conversations. In the meantime there is interest for the Serbian from his home country and Turkey. Read more »
Behind the scenes, preparations continue undisturbed. For example, RSC Anderlecht now want to extend the contract of Francis Amuzu, which expires at the end of this season. The club can unilaterally extend it for a year but may prefer to enter into discussions with Amuzu.
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KV Ostend has nothing to lose anymore, but anyone who thinks they are just going to give the victory to RSC Anderlecht is wrong. There is no profit premium, but one week of vacation. If the Kustboys take at least one point against Purple & White, they are allowed to go on holiday for a week. Read more »
The time has come, RSC Anderlecht has started paying the agents. At least to those who can prove that they are legally valid and do everything according to the book. Mogi Bayat and Dejan Vjelkovic should therefore not count on a payment. Read more »
Last weekend RSC Anderlecht got resentful. Fred Rutten was not set up with the statements of Pär Zetterberg. The board cleared one and the other between the two gentlemen and talked everything out. Read more »
If everything goes smoothly, Yari Verschaeren will soon sign an extended and improved commitment with Anderlecht. His entourage and the club are already talking about a new contract. "There is progress and it is going in the right direction", says Verschaeren. Read more »
Now that the ticket for Play-Off 1 has arrived, there is time for some relaxation. The entire group of players went to Wemmel for a game of billiards and bowling. The team spirit needs to be tightened up with a view to the play-offs. Read more »
James Lawrence (photo) Peter Zulj and Yannick Bolasie may report to their national team on Monday. Antonio Milic and Edo Kayembe were previously called up for their national team. Read more »
The calendar for the play-offs will be announced on Monday March 18. All info related to tickets (price, period of sale) will be announced as soon as possible by RSC Anderlecht once the calendar is known. Read more »
Marc Coucke will be there on Sunday when Anderlecht plays at KV Oostende. It will be his first return to the Versluys Arena since he left Ostend for Anderlecht. Last season, Coucke was on holiday in Dubai when Anderlecht played at the coast. Read more »
Although Michael Verschueren said on Sunday that Fred Rutten can stay if he wants to, this is far from certain. That is what Het Nieuwsblad writes. Does Rutten want to stay and does his method also work next season? Meanwhile, the name of Mouscron coach Bernd Storck also falls. Read more »
Pär Zetterberg said in an interview last weekend that he prefers Yari Verschaeren to kick a bit more long balls and play with his head up. Fred Rutten was not satisfied with that. The board now wants to bring both men back on the same line.
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Kenny Saief left last week on a rental basis for the American team Cincinnati. He came into action there last weekend and immediately helped his new team to a point. He provided the assist for the equalizer in the final minutes of the game.
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Mohammed Dauda gave Vitesse a draw against Feyenoord. The striker, hired from Anderlecht, scored the equalizer shortly after the break in the 1-1 draw. Dauda's second goal since he arrived in Arnhem on January 31.
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