Thierry Lutonda made his debut last weekend in the first team of Anderlecht. The 19-year-old from Liège fell in as the right back. Lutonda played a strong preparation and seems ready for a permanent place in the A-team. "But I still have a lot of work ahead of me." Read more »
The arrival of Hendrik Van Crombrugge creates a bomb for the Anderlecht keepers. According to Het Nieuwsblad, Thomas Didillon, Davy Roef and Frank Boeckx now want to leave. Didillon's manager fears that finding a new club is no easy matter. Read more »
Yesterday morning, Hendrik Van Crombrugge's name suddenly appeared again in the newspapers. The deal was officialized a few hours later. The goalkeeper comes over from KAS Eupen and signed a four-year commitment. Read more »
In his search for a new deep striker, Anderlecht arrived at Kemar Roofe of Leeds United. That is what Het Nieuwsblad writes. The 26-year-old Englishman with Jamaican roots meets the required profile, but is still out for a few weeks with an injury. Read more »
During the friendly match against Fortuna Düsseldorf, it was again the youngsters who scored the best points. Newcomers Philippe Sandler and Samir Nasri also played well. Although the latter still has some work. Read more »
The transfer of former player Dodi Lukebakio for 20 million euros from Watford to Hertha Berlin seems to be a matter of days. The Belgian youth international was in the spotlight last season in Germany at Fortuna Düsseldorf. According to La Dernière Heure, Anderlecht would still receive a training fee of 400,000 euros if the transfer effectively continues. Read more »
There's almost light at the end of the tunnel for Sambi Lokonga. The midfielder dropped out last season with a cruciate ligament injury and had to be treated. He already trained individually but was now also on the field with group yesterday. Read more »
Adrien Trebel does not appear in the plans of Kompany. The French midfielder was in the stands on Sunday and can look forward to a new club. According to La Dernière Heure, Anderlecht would ask 10 million euros.
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Extra quality would be welcome at RSC Anderlecht. Whether that will come, Vincent Kompany did not want to say. What is certain is that the youngsters will continue to get chances at Purple & White. Read more »
Vincent Kompany welcomed three transfers at RSC Anderlecht: Michel Vlap, Samir Nasri and Philippe Sandler. Three players, each with their own quality. But not only can they count on Kompany's praise, the youth has also positively surprised him. Read more »
It is still a matter of time to see who will be at kick off against KV Oostende tomorrow. But the expectations are that Vincent Kompany fully chooses for the youth. Sven Kums and Adrien Trebel, for example, would not be in the selection for tomorrow according to Het Nieuwsblad. Read more »
Philippe Sandler chose number 34. In an interview with RSC Anderlecht, he explains more about that choice. It is namely the back number of Abdelhak Nouri, the player of Ajax who got a cardiac attack in 2017 during a friendly match with Ajax. Read more »
The Turkish Rizespor continues to look for a new defender in Belgium now that Antonio Milic has refused their offer. One of the candidates they now have in mind is James Lawrence. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that. Read more »
Is Anderlecht ready for the new season? Sceptical supporters see few departures and newcomers, but at Sporza sports director Michel Verschueren says that the seleciton has been sufficiently renewed compared to last season. "The reinforcements we achieved now allow us to be ambitious." Read more »
RSC Anderlecht played the past friendly games with a lot of young players. Vincent Kompany and Simon Davies don't look at the age, the best will play. And that is for everyone, nobody gets preferential treatment. Read more »
Sports director Michael Verschueren looks ahead to the start of the new season at Sporza. Verschueren is ambitious, but also modest after the historically bad season of 2018-2019. Read more »
Sieben Dewaele was twice in the starting eleven in this preparation, against Benfica and Hamburg. Dewaele admits that he thought about a departure at RSC Anderlecht, but the arrival of Kompany has changed everything.
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Alexis Saelemaekers was not very happy at the end of last season. He was given too little playing time and did not agree with that, but he never thought of a real departure: "My colors are purple and white." Read more »
Anderlecht see another U16 international leaving. Kazeem Olaigbe leaves purple and white for the English city of Southampton. Earlier, Nathan Ngoy, Gregory Descotte (both Standard) and Johan Bakayoko (PSV) already left Read more »
The U19 national team will play a friendly tournament in Japan in three weeks. National coach Jacky Mathijssen takes two Anderlecht players to the Far East: Halim Timassi (photo) and Mathis Suray. Read more »
Anderlecht's U21 lost with 2-1 in a friendly match against FC Dender. Mathis Suray (photo) did give Anderlecht the lead. Five minutes before the end, the winning goal fell from a penalty. Read more »
Sixteen-year-old Johan Bakayoko closes the door of the youth academy in Neerpede behind him and goes to the Dutch PSV. Bakayoko is also active with the national U17 and has been with RSC Anderlecht since last season. Before that he played at KV Mechelen and Club Brugge. Read more »
Anderlecht just posted the (provisional) team photo for the new football season on their social media. 37 players pose together with the technical staff. Philippe Sandler is also among them, Sidney Sam not. Read more »
Mardochee Nzita leaves RSC Anderlecht and opts for Serie B. Next season, he will play with Italian second division team A.C. Perugia. Nzita saw several youth players get a chance at the A-team, but he was not there and so he decided to leave. Read more »
It is not yet clear who will start the season as right back. Enough candidates, but none stand out. Will Alexandru Chipciu, after a loan, be the lucky one? The Romanian national coach is convinced that Chipciu can handle this position.
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