Lior Refaelov was not planning to leave Belgium immediately, he recently built a new house and son Adrian plays with Antwerp's youth team. His contract with RSC Anderlecht was not renewed and there were no other offers from Belgium, but there were offers from his homeland Israel. Read more »
Anderlecht want to strengthen itself with defender Louis Patris from OH Leuven. According to Het Nieuwsblad, purple-white made a concrete offer, but was rejected by the Leuven side. Patris is a right-back who will soon be active with the Belgian U21 at the European Championships. Read more »
Zeno Debast and Mario Stroeykens opened a football square in Anderlecht on Wednesday evening, together with rapper Damso. Debast looked back on the past period, one without play-offs, and looks forward to the preparations with hunger. Read more »
Anderlecht are said to have set their sights on Ezechiel Banzuzi, an 18-year-old central midfielder who broke through at NAC in second division this season, according to La Dernière Heure. Banzuzi is similar to Amadou Onana in terms of playing style and has also attracted interest from some clubs in Italy. Read more »
Jan Vertonghen is allowed to report for the Red Devils in Tubize on Monday. The defender is part of national coach Domenico Tedesco's 24-man squad for the international matches against Austria and Estonia. "Vertonghen worked out every day in the gym in Tubize," Tedesco said Read more »
In its search for a new right-back, Anderlecht has ended up with Heerenveen's Milan van Ewijk. That is what Voetbal International knows. Purple White are said to have already contacted Heerenveen to gather information, but did not yet make an official offer. Read more »
Jacky Mathijssen, national coach of the Belgian U21, has just announced his preliminary selection for the European U21 Championship. Zeno Debast is Anderlecht's only player. Killian Sardella was in the pre selection, but thus seems to have to stay at home. Read more »
Nilson Angulo's World Cup adventure is over. The Ecuadorian U20 lost 2-3 to South Korea in the World Cup eighth finals last night. Angulo started in the starting line-up, but was substituted at half-time. Read more »
According to Het Nieuwsblad, Nils De Wilde does not have to complain about a lack of interest. The newspaper writes that Standard, Westerlo and Dutch Excelsior have already inquired about his services. Standard does see him as a reinforcement for the U23 in 1B. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht are at the top of the youth academies at the Pro League. Purple and White is at number 1 with 458, points, followed by Club Brugge with 454 points and Racing Genk 414 points. Read more »
Tuesday night Anderlecht's Fanboard came together. From the club, Jesper Fredberg, among others, was present. He was asked about the situation regarding Jean Kindermans. "We have a good dialogue," Fredberg replied. "We hope to bring clarity soon." Read more »
According to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, Anderlecht want to acquire 20-year-old Etienne Camara from Huddersfield. Camara is a defensive midfielder who played 20 games last season, 13 of them he was in the starting eleven, for Huddersfield in the English second division. Read more »
Kristian Arnstad is not part of Norway's selection for the European Championship U23 in June. The 19-year-old midfielder played three qualifying matches in June last year and in March he was allowed to fill in for 15 minutes during a practice game against the Netherlands. Read more »
Majeed Ashimeru and Islam Slimani have both been called up for June's international games. Ashimeru will take on Madagascar with Ghana. Slimani and Algeria will visit Uganda. Both duels will take place on Sunday, June 18. Read more »
Anderlecht is looking for reinforcements for next season and, in order to do so, would now set its sights on Khaled Razak, a 17-year-old player from Willem II. Read more »
Bart Verbruggen is part of the Dutch selection for the European Under-21 Championship in Romania and Georgia. That means the goalkeeper is no longer part of the Netherlands' A-selection for the upcoming qualifiers. Read more »
Ecuador won with 9-0 against Fiji at the U20 World Cup on Friday night. Nilson Angulo provided the assist on the first and third goals. He was allowed to rest in the 73rd minute and on a 5-0 lead. Read more »
While several of his teammates are enjoying some time off, Zeno Debast is preparing for international soccer in June. And he's looking forward to it. "Some extra matches would be good. Sitting at home in the recliner for so long and watching the playoffs on television is not for me." Read more »
Anderlecht players Zeno Debast and Killian Sardella (photo) are part of the preliminary selection of the Belgian U21 for the European Championship in June. That is what Het Nieuwsblad knows. The newspaper does not have a complete list, so it is not excluded that Anderlecht players are also included in the pre-selection. Read more »
Sudpresse reports that the Pro League and the four clubs that field a U23 team in 1B have agreed that they will no longer have to cover the costs associated with a live television broadcast. In practice, this will probably mean that the home games of the RSCA Futures, among others, will no longer be televised live. Read more »
According to Footmercato, Anderlecht is one of the clubs showing interest in Rassoul Ndiaye. This 21-year-old central midfielder plays for Sochaux in the French second division. Read more »
At the World Cup U20, Ecuador won 2-1 against Slovakia last night. Nilson Angulo provided the assist for the winning second goal, although most of the credit for this goal goes to goal scorer José Klinger, who struck with a lovely long-distance shot. Read more »
Aaron Murenzi, a 15-year-old Belgian youth international of purple and white, signs a three-year professional contract with Racing Genk. Het Nieuwsblad reports. The six-time U15 international is a promising talent. A few weeks ago, he also signed a deal with Adidas. Read more »
Mohammed Dauda is making a final transfer to Tenerife. Juan Guerrero, the sporting director of the Spanish second division side, announced that Dauda has signed for three years. "We will pay the transfer fee to Anderlecht spread over those three years," he added. Read more »
Het Nieuwsblad reports that Antwerp is showing interest in Jean Kindermans. According to the newspaper, the Antwerp club wants to expand its youth operation and talks have already taken place with Kindermans. Robin Veldman would then again be a bit closer to Ajax. Read more »
