Today Anderlecht welcomed Yari Verschaeren again at the club. He received some extra vacation because of the European Championships for U21 and his exams. Only one player is missing now: Knowledge Musona. But he must leave. Read more »
Several youngsters have been training and playing with the A-team in recent weeks. They received chances from Vincent Kompany to prove themselves. Two of them now remain: the 17-year-old Thierry Lutonda and Anouar Ait El Hadj. Read more »
During the fan day, the first team was presented to the public. Of all the youngsters who had had the chance in the last few weeks, two were able to show up today: Anouar Ait El Hadj and Thierry Lutonda. Absent players were Samir Nasri and Yari Verschaeren. Read more »
On September 11, Manchester City is organizing a gala game to say goodbye to Vincent Kompany. A team with Kompany and former teammates will compete against an all-starr team from the Premier League.
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Vincent Kompany has already given several youngsters the chance at the A-team. There are three that now can really claim a permanent place: Jérémy Doku, Thierry Lutonda and Sieben Dewaele. Read more »
It has become a good habit in the meantime: every new Anderlecht player answers ten questions from supporters. Samir Nasri also does not escape from it. "The level here has pleasantly surprised me," said the former star of Arsenal and Manchester City. Read more »
Anderlecht beat Benfica in a friendly match. The Mauves played with a very young team, but managed to take the lead at half time thanks to goals of Doku and Thelin late in the first half (0-2). After the break, Anderlecht played with even more unexperienced youngsters while Benfica brought a few additional first team players into the team. This resulted in more pressure and a goal of Chiquino. The victory didn't escape Anderlecht anymore though: 1-2. Read more »
The program for the Cup of Belgium for the U21 is known. The first assignment for Craig Bellamy's troops is to survive the group stage. In that group phase, RSC Anderlecht will play against Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Beerschot and Tessenderlo. Read more »
At the beginning of July Elvis Mehanovic went on a trial to the Dutch Fortuna Sittard. But the Dutch team doesn't want to continue with the 19-year-old striker and has sent him back to Neerpede. Mehanovic also has no future with Purple & White. Read more »
Luka Adzic played with the Serbian U21 at the European Championship and was therefore entitled to a few days of extra vacation, which he also received from RSC Anderlecht. But Adzic thanked and asked the club if he could resume sooner, so he joined training on Monday. Read more »
Emilio Ferrera, now coach of Dudelange in Luxembourg but two years ago still the coach of the purple and white U21, looks back on his work in Het Laatste nieuws. Read more »
Patrick De Wilde has been appointed by the Football Association of Lithuania as Technical Director. Among other things, he has to work with Anderlecht.
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Surprising face on training at Beerschot, where Kobe Cools signed present on the first day of training camp in Delden in the Netherlands.
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RSC Anderlecht had to say goodbye to Sven Van der Jeugt, who was the goalkeeper coach for the youth. The Purple & White is eagerly looking for a replacement and has four different candidates in mind. One of them is Niçaise Kudimbana, he would also have the best chance. Read more »
In addition to the A-team, the U21 of RSC Anderlecht also started their preparations for the new season. In that context, they play a friendly match against FCV Dender on July 19 in the Van Roy Stadium in Denderleeuw. Kickoff is planned at 7 pm. Read more »
The group that Vincent Kompany has at its disposal has become somewhat larger today. James Lawrence, Bubacarr Sanneh, Peter Zulj and Alexandru Chipciu have returned to RSC Anderlecht today. They started the week with medical and physical tests. Read more »
Sieben Dewaele completed his first summer training camp with the A-team last week. The 20-year-old midfielder played one half against Ajax. The loss of the Purple & White was of minor importance. "Figures don't say everything. If we keep working hard, we will get there." Read more »
Anderlecht are looking towards Real Madrid fpr reinforcement for the number 9 position. The Spanish newspaper Marca, the in-house newspaper of Real, reports that purple and white shows interest in Cristo Gonzalez. The 20-year-old Spaniard has played with the first team four times. Read more »
Chairman Marc Coucke and general manager Michael Verschueren are delighted that they have succeeded in getting Samir Nasri. According to them, the experienced Frenchman can help Anderlecht a lot. "Our youngsters can only succeed thanks to boys like Nasri." Read more »
Hotman El Kababri is one of the youth players who is currently training with the A-team. Of course he wants to show Vincent Kompany what he can do.
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After addressing the press and the photo opportunity, Michel Vlap answered questions from the journalists present. He did that too with a disarming smile and lots of humor. When the name Hans Vanaken fell, the new acquisition made a mistake. Read more »
It was chairman Marc Coucke himself who introduced Michel Vlap to the press yesterday evening. The chairman emphasized that Anderlecht are fully committed to youth, but indicates that they need strong players around them to break through. Vlap must be such a player. Read more »
According to Voetbalrant, Anderlecht are close to a transfer from Ianis Hagi. The website learned from a "well-informed source" that the transfer is at an advanced stage. Read more »
The English newspaper Daily Mail reports that Anderlecht have caught sight of Sergi Canos. That's a 22-year-old Spaniard who plays for Brentford. Last season, he scored 7 times in the English second division. Read more »
According to Gianluigi Longari, an Italian sports journalist who works for Sport Italia and TuttoMercatoWeb, Anderlecht have reported itself for João Pedro of Cagliari. The Brazilian seems to be on his way to Atalanta, but it seems that Anderlecht want to put a stop to that. Read more »
RSC Anderlecht recruited two players at TP Mazembe: Arsène Zola and Meschak Elia. They are expected at Neerpede in the coming days. Meschak is currently still at the Africa Cup with Congo.
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Yari Verschaeren has spent a few hectic months, studying, exams, RSC Anderlecht's A-team and the European Championships for U21. But Verschaeren makes it immediately clear that it is tough for every young person who combines his studies with top sport. And he also realizes that he owes his debut to Hein Vanhaezebrouck. Read more »
