Mercato authority Fabrizio Romano reports that Fabio Silva is on his way to Anderlecht. Silva is a Portuguese striker for whom Wolverhampton paid a whopping 40 million euros in 2020. Anderlecht will rent him. Read more »
Anderlecht continues to pay the necessary attention to the RSCA Futures who will play in the Challenger Pro League (1B) in the coming season. The contracts of goalkeeper Rik Vercauteren and midfielder Alonzo Engwanda were renewed. Read more »
It took a long time, but finally there is white smoke: Mario Stroeykens has extended his contract with Anderlecht. The 17-year old striker, who was still tied up until the end of next season, extended his contract with one year. He is now fixed until mid 2024. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht are always on the lookout for a good deal on young talent and have made a proposal for Yerson Chacon according to the Venezuelan press. Deportivo Tachira have refused the deal for the time being, the source said. Read more »
The Pro League has finally determined the final rules for the players who will be allowed to play in the U23 in 1B. The most striking is that players of the first team who return from an injury that caused them to miss six or more games, are also allowed to join the U23 team to gain match rhythm. Read more »
On Tuesday, July 12, Anderlecht will play a friendly game against Helmond Sport. The Dutch second division team announced this today. The match will be played behind closed doors and will start at 11 am. Read more »
The 15-year-old Jarne Flies has signed his first professional contract today. This is what Anderlecht communicated. Flies, an attacking midfielder, is the first player born in 2007 to sign a professional contract. Read more »
Four years after he left Anderlecht at the age of 19, Milan Corryn wants to return to Belgium. Speaking to Voetbalkrant, the midfielder says he was too impatient at the time. "After three years with the U21, I wanted more." Read more »
Anderlecht lost its first game of the preparation period. In Neerpede, the purple and white lost with 0-1 against STVV. Felice Mazzu had his team play in a 3-5-2 formation and gave 23 players playing time. 16 of them are younger than 23. Read more »
"Fantastic", with that adjective Vincen Kompany describes his period at Anderlecht. During his first press conference as Burnley manager, he of course also returned to his adventure at purple-white. "I didn't have to leave. That was decided by mutual agreement." Read more »
Isaac Tshibangu, a 19-year-old Congolese from Anderlecht's U21 squad, will play in Turkey next season. Today, he signed a three-year contract with Bandirmaspor, a Turkish second division team Read more »
Felice Mazzu spoke to the press yesterday for the first time as Anderlecht's manager. He told how honored he feels to work here, but also answered sporting questions. "3-5-2 like at Union? I adapt my system in function of the players I have at my disposal." Read more »
The French website Footmercato lists Anderlecht as one of the (many) clubs keeping a very close eye on Samba Diallo's situation at Dinamo Kiev. Diallo is a 19-year-old Senegalese. Due to the war situation, a departure cannot be ruled out. Read more »
After the physical tests of Monday and Tuesday, Anderlecht has now really started training. Newcomers Ishaq Abdulrazak and Nilson Angulo did not train yet. Lucas Lissens, Mario Stroeykens, Sergio Gomez and Adrien Trebel are training individually. Read more »
There was doubt for a long time about where the Anderlecht U23 were going to play their matches. All in the Lotto Park was not really an option. There is now a solution with the King Baudouin Stadium Read more »
Felice Mazzu spoke yesterday for the first time since his appointment as Anderlecht coach. To hear him, you have to pay (hopefully this won't become a new trend), but fortunately the club also posted some pieces of the conversation transcribed and free online. Read more »
The Pro League has announced the calendar of 1B, better known as the Challenger Pro League. The RSCA Futures receive KMSK Deinze on the first match day. Read more »
What can we expect from the U23's that will start in 1B next season? Willem Weijs, last season assistant manager at Anderlecht, is familiar with youth teams in the second division, warns that it will be a big adjustment. "It's very different from youth soccer," he says. Read more »
Now that Guillaume Gillet has put away his soccer boots, Anderlecht must look for another experienced player to guide the U23 in 1B. According to La Dernière Heure, Anderlecht has started talks with Jérémy Taravel to fill in this vacancy. Read more »
In a message on the club website Anderlecht has announced the composition of the technical staff for next season. Including Guillaume Gillet. As already leaked yesterday, he will become assistant manager and will therefore not play for the U23 team in 1B. Read more »
According to Het Laatste Nieuws, there is a chance that Guillaume Gillet will be part of the staff of Felice Mazzu. Purple-White is still looking for a T3 and the 38-year-old midfielder, who returned to Anderlecht to bring experience to the U23 in 1B, might fill that position.
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According to Italian sources, RSCA is following Sebastiano Esposito, who belongs to Inter Milan but has been on loan this season in Basel, Switzerland. The Swiss club had an option to buy but it was too high for them. Read more »
The next name to be linked to Anderlecht is the one of Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane. He is a central midfielder of 22 years. He currently plays for Esperance Tunis and already collected 22 caps for Tunisia. Read more »
From Ecuador, it sounds that Nilson Ángulo is on his way to Anderlecht. Ángulo is an 18-year-old deep striker who currently plays for LDU Quito and made his debut for the Ecuadorian national team in October. Read more »
Kristoffer Olsson did not play in the match between Sweden and Norway. Sweden lost the game with 3-2 and is only third in the group on four points from Serbia and seven from Norway. Joshua Zirkzee played the first half with the U21 of the Netherlands against Wales. He took a yellow cardboard after 37 minutes, but the Netherlands did win with 0-1. As a result, the Dutch finish first and qualify for Euro 2023. Read more »
The U23 of RSC Anderlecht will play in 1B next season. Question is where they will play their home games. The first option was the Lotto Park, but the fear is that the grass will have to endure too many matches. Lokeren has also been asked to play at Daknam. Read more »
Josh Cullen (photo) suffered a second defeat in as many Nations League duels with Ireland. Yesterday, Ireland lost 0-1 to Ukraine. Cullen played ninety minutes and received a yellow card. Read more »
Kristian Arnstad (photo) made his debut for Norway's U21. Against Croatia he played the whole match. In the 91st minute he gave the assist for the 2-2. A few minutes later, Norway scored the 3-2. Arnstad also received a yellow card. With this win, Norway has its fate back in its own hands. Win in Finland (June 10) and at home against Azerbaijan (June 14) and they are qualified for the European Championship. Read more »
Josh Cullen played 81 minutes of the Republic of Ireland's game against Armenia, they were beaten after conceding a goal in the last 15 minutes of the game. They are currently last in their Nation League B group. Read more »
