After the European Championship, Johan Walem has to build a new team at the national U21. Only 8 out of 23 players remain selectable. Walem is looking at Anderlecht, among others, to put together his new selection. He thinks about logical names, but also some surprising ones. Read more »
Elvis Mehanovic, player at the U21 in Anderlecht, is on trial with Fortuna Sittard. The 19-year-old striker can leave purple and white. Anderlecht took over Mehanovic from Racing Genk last summer, but he could never convince. Read more »
Matthew Smith was linked to RSC Anderlecht a few times because he has a Manchester City past. Smith, however, signed with the English second division team Queens Park Rangers. The Purple & White has a number of talented midfielders among the youth and as a result there was no real interest in Smith. Read more »
Anderlecht lose one of their young talents. Rob Nizet, last season's titular at the U18 of Mo Ouahbi and Stéphanie Stassin and also youth international, goes to the English Norwich City. He signed a three-year contract there and joined the U23 of Norwich City. Nizet came to Neerpede from Sint-truiden in 2012. Read more »
Several youngsters made themselves noticed positively against Oudenaarde. Halim Timassi and Anouar Ait El Hadj scored two great goals, but the best player was Thierry Lutonda. At the unusual left wing position for him he made several great actions. "I did my best and hopefully the coach is satisfied." Read more »
Anderlecht have won their second friendly game with 0-6 at Oudenaarde. Vincent Kompany did not play, but coached passionately from a chair in front of the dug-out. Isaac Kiese Thelin scored twice. Youngsters Halim Timassi and Anouar Ait El Hadj also found their way to the goal. Read more »
Anderlecht played a friendly game against Oleksandria, the number three from Ukraine, yesterday afternoon. Behind closed doors it lost 1-2. Isaac Kiese Thelin had given Anderlecht the lead with a penalty in the first half. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren not only scored at the European Championship for U21, he also scored in the field of study. On Tuesday he received his Economics and Mathematics degree. A great achievement of the 17-year-old, as he has also been a fixture at RSC Anderlecht in recent months. Congratulations Yari! Read more »
RSC Anderlecht want to keep betting on the youth, Marc Coucke confirmed that again at the press conference yesterday afternoon. To this end, it wants to increase the budget of the youth academy by 20 percent, to achieve that, the club is working together with Belfius. Read more »
Like his teammates at Anderlecht, Luka Adzic closes the European Championship for U21 with three losses. His Serbia lost his last match 2-0. Adzic was allowed to come in on the hour. The final score was then already on the board. It was his first, and therefore only, minutes of play at this European Championship. Read more »
Yari Verschaeren was allowed to join the national championships in Italy at the age of 17. The young Devils did not manage to advance to the next round, but that did not prevent Verschaeren from impressing coach Johan Walem, who immediately indicated that he would count on Verschaeren for the further matches of the national U21. Read more »
Johan Walem rewarded Yari Verschaeren for his good season with a place in the starting eleven with the Belgian U21. Verschaeren thanked with a great goal against Italy, although that was not enough for the win. For Verschaeren himself, his short presence at a European Championship is "a fantastic adventure". Read more »
Michaël Vlap was at Heerenveen's first training session last weekend. The water between the two clubs is currently still too deep for a transfer to RSC Anderlecht, RSC Anderlecht has already offered five million euros, Heerenveen wants eight. Read more »
After the friendly game against RWDM, Michael Verschueren spoke with VTM. The Anderlecht manager indicated that the youngsters who played still need some time and he promised top transfers for the coming weeks.
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The Belgian U21 close the European Championship with a 1-3 defeat against Italy. Substitute Yari Verschaeren scored the Belgian goal with a nice curl in the top right corner. Read more »
Anderlecht have won their first friendly game of the preparation. It beat RWDM with 0-1, a goal after 7 minutes by Pieter Gerkens. Anderlecht played with two different teams before and after the break. A dozen youth players got their chance. Read more »
Top clubs keep their eyes open everywhere and spot every young talent. Similarly FC Barcelona. The Spanish superpower has not forgotten that Sebastiaan Bornauw had a strong debut season and they are monitoring his performance. Read more »
After the departure of coach Luka Elsner to Amiens, 1B-club Union is looking for a new head coach. Jonas De Roeck is one of the names that falls. Read more »
Also during the second game of Serbia at the European Championships for U21, Luka Adzic did not play. The Anderlecht-player saw from the bench how his teammates got a 6-1-defeat from Germany. Read more »
Craig Bellamy has signed a three-year contract as Anderlecht's U21 coach. The club just announced that. "As a promising coach, he is given the task of preparing the young talents for the A-team," reports youth coordinator Jean Kindermans. Read more »
After Matthieu Luka Epolo (U14) and Nathan Ngoy (U16), Antony Descotte is also moving from Anderlecht to Standard. The 15-year-old attacker had a lot of injuries last season. A difference in vision with youth coordinator Jean Kindermans now leads him to Liège. Read more »
The Belgian U21 have also lost their second match at the European Championship. Against Spain they were close a draw, but the painful 2-1 fell a few minutes before the end. Spain was better, but the Devils certainly had their opportunities to score on the counter attack. Read more »
Rousseau De Poorter exchanges the training of Anderlecht for an adventure at Zulte Waregem. He reports this to our editors. The defender came over from Lokeren last summer, but was barely able to force a place with the U18 due to the big competition.
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Niels Van Himst closes the door of the Anderlecht training center behind him. He communicated this to our editors. The almost 18-year-old defender played eleven years for Purple & White, but now moves to Eppegem in the third amateur league. Read more »
The Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Udinese has focused on Alexis Saelemaekers. The 20-year-old right winger is currently active at the European Championships for U20 in Italy. Read more »
Killian Sardella and Antoine Colassin are still missing at the training at Anderlecht. The two youngsters get their chance during the preparation, but first finish their exams. As soon as they are done, they join the first team. Read more »
