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 »
Six youngsters get the chance to show themselves to Vincent Kompany and Simon Davis during the preparation. We already knew five names, now Het Laatste Nieuws reports that 17-year-old Anouar Ait el Hadj will also train with the first team. Read more »
For Luka Adzic and Serbia, the U21 European Championship started yesterday. It was a false start, as Serbia lost to Austria with 0-2. Anderlecht player Adzic remained on the bench for the entire match. Read more »
On the various news sites, pictures of the first training session of Simon Davies yesterday morning are circulating. On some photos we recognize Théo Leoni and Mathis Suray, active at the U21 last season. In the past few days, Colassin, Sardella and Lutonda have already been mentioned as contenders for the A-team. We may soon know which youngsters will get his chance at the A-team. Read more »
David Steegen posed with Craig Bellamy and put the photo on Instagram. Bellamy is expected to be the new U21 coach. Today was the press presentation of new head coach Simon Davies, but we didn't get to see Bellamy there? Read more »
The Belgian U21 have lost their first match at the European Championships with 3-2 against Poland. Elias Cobbaut started the game as the only player of Anderlecht. Yari Verschaeren (63 '), Francis Amuzu (80') and Alexis Saelemaekers (90 ') were allowed to come in. Sebastiaan Bornauw remained on the bench.
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Simon Davies is the man who can pass on the ideas of Vincent Kompany to the player group. The Englishman becomes the new head coach and yesterday he addressed himself to the fans via Twitter for the first time. "It will be a fascinating season." Read more »
With his 17 years old, Yari Verschaeren is the youngest player at the European Championship U21, which started yesterday. The attacking midfielder nevertheless hopes to be decisive. "If I can do that at Anderlecht, maybe I can do it here too. The level of training is very similar."
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A selection of former Anderlecht players played a gala match on Saturday at Eendracht Aalst in honor of the centenary of the former first division team. Bart Goor, Danny Boffin, Nicolas Frutos, Olivier Deschacht, Stéphane Stassin, Mark De Man, Frederik Peiremans and Michel Dewolf put on the Anderlecht shirt for the occasion. Read more »
A lot of media are speculating about the arrival of Craig Bellamy to Anderlecht. David Steegen, nowadays public affairs manager at Purple & White, posted a photo of him with Bellamy on Instagram on Friday with the caption 'My new colleague'. Read more »
