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 30-06-2022 

Still waiting for Esposito

Still waiting for Esposito

TRANSFERS Sebastiano Esposito's loan move to Anderlecht is still not official. Het Laatste Nieuws now reports that Anderlecht are not worried and the official message should follow by the weekend. The transfer of Romelu Lukaku to Inter would cause the delay. Read more »

RSCA would follow Chacon

RSCA would follow Chacon

TRANSFERS 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 »

Official: rules for U23 in 1B finally fixed

Official: rules for U23 in 1B finally fixed

OTHER 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 »

Friendly game against Roda moved to Neerpede

Friendly game against Roda moved to Neerpede

GAMES The friendly game against Roda JC will take place after all. The game, which was cancelled yesterday by the Dutch authorities, will now be played in the Anderlecht training centre in Neerpede. Anderlecht also confirmed two other friendly games today. Read more »

 29-06-2022 

No friendly game against Almere either

No friendly game against Almere either

GAMES The friendly games are getting canceled every day, because now it has also become known that the practice match against Almere City will not take place. The exact reason is not (yet) known. In two days time, RSC Anderlecht already sees three practice matches disappear from their planning. Read more »

 28-06-2022 

Not against Helmond after all

Not against Helmond after all

GAMES The friendly game against Helmond Sport announced yesterday will not take place. The match was scheduled for Tuesday, July 12. Instead, Anderlecht will play against Almere City. That match was announced earlier today by Almere. Read more »

RSCA Futsal - Benfica in September

RSCA Futsal - Benfica in September

OTHER The gala match of the new RSC Anderlecht futsal team will be played in Roosdaal at the beginning of September.  The opponent will be no less than Benfica, who finished third in the Champions League this season, after being eliminated by Barcelona in the semi-final.  Read more »

RSCA is the most followed club

RSCA is the most followed club

OTHER RSCA is the Belgian club with the most followers on social media, 1.5 million cumulative followers are counted by the press. Club Brugge is the second with a little more than 500,000 followers less. Read more »

Special construction in Esposito loan deal

Special construction in Esposito loan deal

TRANSFERS It's only waiting for the official announcement regarding Sebastiano Esposito, the striker already passed his medical tests yesterday at UZ Gent. RSC Anderlecht will rent the striker for one season and has negotiated an option to buy him, Inter Milan in its turn has an option to buy him back. Read more »

Esposito arrived in Neerpede.

Esposito arrived in Neerpede.

OTHER Yesterday, around 7 pm Sebastiano Esposito arrived in Neerpede. The 19-year-old Italian striker took his medical tests. According to La Dernière Heure, his loan move will be announced today. Read more »

Murillo: "Valencia? I don't know anything"

Murillo:

INTERVIEWS Amir Murillo denies the reports as if he were on his way to Valencia. Contacted by by the Panamanian medium Team Deportes he told the following: "I don't know anything. These are pure speculations by the press. I don't know what people are talking about." Read more »


 27-06-2022 

Seraing player Jallow linked to Anderlecht

Seraing player Jallow linked to Anderlecht

TRANSFERS You must also have noticed that the French website Footmercato is very generous in linking players to Anderlecht. The latest in the line is Ablie Jallow of Seraing. Gent, Zulte Waregem, Nantes, Lorient and Frankfurt are also mentioned as being interested in Jallow. Read more »

 26-06-2022 
 25-06-2022 

Anderlecht loses first friendly game

Anderlecht loses first friendly game

GAMES 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 »


 24-06-2022 

RSCA ladies against Lodz in Champions League

RSCA ladies against Lodz in Champions League

OTHER The Anderlecht ladies start their Champions League campaign against Lodz, the debutant in the Champions League. The ladies will start their first semi-final on August 18, the final will take place on August 21.The winner advances to the next round. Read more »

Ajax have Zirkzee on transfer radar

Ajax have Zirkzee on transfer radar

TRANSFERS RSC Anderlecht have not given up hope of renting Joshua Zirkzee for another year. It does get competition from the Netherlands, as Ajax have their eye on the striker and have no problems paying a possible transfer fee of ten million euros. Read more »

One-year loan deal

One-year loan deal

TRANSFERS We are waiting for official announcement of Sebastiano Esposito. Everyone agrees that it will not take a lot of time now. However, it would be a one-season loan deal and not a permanent transfer. Read more »

Mazzu: "I want to win every game"

Mazzu:

INTERVIEWS 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 »

Mazzu: "Trebel will get a chance"

Mazzu:

INTERVIEWS A new coach, a new chance. Adrien Trebel can prove in the coming weeks that he can still render services to Anderlecht next season. "Adrien is a player of Anderlecht. Like everyone else, he will get his chance during the preparation," Felice Mazzu told at his press conference yesterday afternoon.
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 23-06-2022 

Also friendly game against Roda JC

Also friendly game against Roda JC

GAMES Anderlecht has added an extra friendly game to its agenda. On Saturday, July 2, it will play against Roda JC at 2 pm. The match will take place at Roda's stadium, but only season ticket holders of the Dutch club are welcome. Read more »

Four players follow individual program

Four players follow individual program

OTHER 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 »

Mazzu: "Building on the project of Kompany"

Mazzu:

INTERVIEWS 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 »

 22-06-2022 

1B will continue during World Cup

1B will continue during World Cup

OTHER First division will not play during the World Cup in Qatar, but 1B, the second division will continue to play during the tournament. There should be five matchdays during this period, according to the press. Read more »

Talks with Inter go in the right direction

Talks with Inter go in the right direction

TRANSFERS There is a real chance that Anderlecht will soon announce Sebastiano Esposito as their next transfer. Het Laatste Nieuws knows that the talks with Inter Milan are progressing well. Anderlecht would rent the striker with an option to buy of 5 million euros. Read more »


 21-06-2022 

Official: Angulo is an Anderlecht player

Official: Angulo is an Anderlecht player

TRANSFERS Anderlecht have officially announced their second summer transfer tonight. The 19-year-old Ecuadorian Nilsson Angulo signs a contract for five seasons. "This move to Anderlecht is a dream," he explained. "Also in Ecuador Anderlecht is known as a big club." Read more »

Weijs: "1B will be very difficult"

Weijs:

INTERVIEWS 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 »

Kompany wants Ashimeru at Burnley

Kompany wants Ashimeru at Burnley

OTHER Vincent Kompany reportedly called Majeed Ashimeru two weeks ago asking him to follow him to Burnley. This is what the Ghanaian journalist Owuraku Ampofo writes on Twitter. Ashimeru would have rejected the offer. He wants to stay with Anderlecht. Read more »

Anderlecht inquires with Taravel for 1B

Anderlecht inquires with Taravel for 1B

TRANSFERS 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 »

 20-06-2022 

Esposito in footsteps of Nmecha and Zirkzee?

Esposito in footsteps of Nmecha and Zirkzee?

TRANSFERS From Italy, reports are becoming increasingly persistent that Anderlecht have set their sights on Sebastiano Esposito of Inter Milan. Esposito is a striker of almost 20 years old. He already made his debut for Inter Milan, but played last season on loan at the Swiss Basel. Read more »

Training camp from 6 to 11 July

Training camp from 6 to 11 July

OTHER RSC Anderlecht is going on summer training camp in Horst, Holland, normally from 6 to 11 July. Today the preparation for the new season starts. As always, it starts with medical tests for the present players, some of them today, some tomorrow. Read more »

 19-06-2022 

Anderlecht resumes in two groups

Anderlecht resumes in two groups

OTHER For the non-internationals of Anderlecht the holidays are over. Tomorrow and the day after they are expected back at the club for the first time to start the preparation for the new season. That will happen in two groups. Both tomorrow and the day after, 15 players will have to report. Read more »

Murillo linked to Valencia

Murillo linked to Valencia

TRANSFERS According to the Panamanian journalist Billy Pineda, Amir Murillo enjoys interest of Valencia. The names of Burnley and Rayo Vallecano are also falling. Murillo is allowed leave Anderlecht this summer if there is a good offer. The club and the player agreed. Read more »

Anderlecht inquired at Lens for Ganago

Anderlecht inquired at Lens for Ganago

TRANSFERS Walloon sports journalist Sacha Tavolieri writes on Twitter that Anderlecht inquired with Lens' management about Ignatius Ganago's transfer conditions. This 23-year-old center striker from Cameroon scored five times in the Ligue 1 last season. Read more »

Gillet besides player also assistant manager?

Gillet besides player also assistant manager?

OTHER 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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Ajax is keeping an eye on Zirkzee

Ajax is keeping an eye on Zirkzee

TRANSFERS According to the German press, Ajax would keep an eye on Joshua Zirkzee in case Sebastien Haller should leave. It is already the second club after Stuttgart that shows interest in him, so it will become very complicated for Anderlecht to keep a hope of keeping him for another season. Read more »

Kompany did not leave for family reasons

Kompany did not leave for family reasons

OTHER Vincent Kompany has confirmed in an interview that he has not left RSCA for family reasons. He has talked to his family about it but it is above all a sporting decision. He was convinced by the project that Burnley proposed to him after having taken information about the club. Read more »

RSCA would follow Esposito

RSCA would follow Esposito

TRANSFERS 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 »


 17-06-2022 

Angulo arrived in Belgium

Angulo arrived in Belgium

TRANSFERS Nilsson Angulo, the young Ecuadorian who should become Anderlecht's first summer transfer, arrived in Belgium tonight. La Dernière Heure spotted him there together with his agent. Angulo's club LDU Quito meanwhile communicated that for Angulo with this transfer a dream comes true. Read more »

 16-06-2022 

Dauda: "I want to leave Anderlecht"

Dauda:

TRANSFERS If it were up to Mohammed Dauda, he would pull Anderlecht's door behind him for good this summer. "I want to leave Anderlecht for a club that has a nice project for me and offers enough playing time," he told Ghana's TV3. Read more »

Zirkzee: Bayern or Stuttgart?

Zirkzee: Bayern or Stuttgart?

OTHER German Sport 1 reports that Joshua Zirkzee will get the chance to show himself at Bayern Munich during the preparation. Sportis director Hasan Salihamidzic would like to give him that. However, what manager Julian Nagelsmann exactly plans to do with Zirkzee, the medium does not know. Read more »

Possible reinforcement on the way from Sweden

Possible reinforcement on the way from Sweden

TRANSFERS According to Het Laatste Nieuws and local media, Anderlecht are interested in Nigerian midfielder Ishaq Abdulrazak. He currently plays at the Swedish club Norrköping where he is described as a fast and energetic player who can play both centrally and on the wing. Read more »

Ait El Hadj on longlist Golden Boy

Ait El Hadj on longlist Golden Boy

OTHER Anouar Ait El Hadj is one of the hundred contenders for the Golden Boy award. The organizing website Tuttosport announced the longlist today. Former Anderlecht players Jérémy Doku and Eliot Matazo are also on it. Read more »

 15-06-2022 

Stuttgart follows Zirkzee

Stuttgart follows Zirkzee

TRANSFERS According to the German press, Joshua Zirkzee will not be at RSCA next season. The reason is financial, as the club can't afford to do anything crazy in this area, which prevents them from acquiring the player permanently. Read more »

Burnley offer for Cullen

Burnley offer for Cullen

TRANSFERS According to the British press, Burnley has made an offer to RSCA to attract the Irishman Josh Cullen. The offer would amount to 2.5 million euros and could rise to four million euros with bonuses. Read more »

Amuzu followed by Nice and Marseille

Amuzu followed by Nice and Marseille

TRANSFERS According to the Ghanaian press, Francis Amuzu is being followed by French clubs Nice and Marseille. The press is convinced that he wants to leave RSCA during the summer mercato. However, there is nothing concrete for the moment and it is still a rumor. Read more »

Kouame followed by West Ham

Kouame followed by West Ham

OTHER According to the English press, West Ham would follow closely Christian Kouame who was rented by RSCA last season. Fiorentina would be ready to accept a modest offer for the striker. Read more »

Refaelov refused an offer from Israel

Refaelov refused an offer from Israel

TRANSFERS According to the Israeli press, Lior Refaelov has refused an offer from his native country. It would concern an offer from Hapoel Beer-Sheva. The Israeli player still has a year of contract with RSCA and it seems that he will not leave the club during this mercato. Read more »

 14-06-2022 

Overview of the internationals

Overview of the internationals

GAMES 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 »

 10-06-2022 

Wanted: stadium for U23

Wanted: stadium for U23

YOUTH 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 »

"We are not mad at Mazzu or Anderlecht"

INTERVIEWS Union introduced their new coach, Karel Geraerts, yesterday. During the press conference, questions inevitably arose about Felice Mazzu and his transfer to RSC Anderlecht. President Alex Muzio was clear: "We are not angry with Mazzu or Anderlecht". Read more »

 09-06-2022 

"You haven't seen the real Olsson yet"

INTERVIEWS He is perhaps the disappointment of the past transfer summer: Kristoffer Olsson could not break through at Anderlecht. The Swede realizes that too. "I can count my good games on one hand," he admits in Het Nieuwsblad. Next season he wants to do better. Read more »

Former player Nzita linked to Anderlecht

Former player Nzita linked to Anderlecht

TRANSFERS Italian media are reporting Anderlecht's interest in Mardochee Nzita. Nzita is a 22-year-old left back who received his training with purple and white and moved to Italy three years ago. If the interest would be true, it will probably be to strengthen the team in 1B. Read more »

 08-06-2022 

Arnstad makes his debut for Norway U21

Arnstad makes his debut for Norway U21

GAMES 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 »

 07-06-2022 

Results of the international players

Results of the international players

OTHERJosh 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 »

Nice is talking with Kompany

Nice is talking with Kompany

OTHER Even before his departure at RSC Anderlecht was finalized, the English Burneley was already mentioned as the next employer of Vincent Kompany. But there is competition, also the French Nice shows far-reaching interest, both parties would even have been around the table. Read more »

 04-06-2022 

Agreement with Charleroi on Diawara

Agreement with Charleroi on Diawara

OTHER According to Het Nieuwsblad, there is no doubt anymore: Samba Diawara (44) will be Anderlecht's new assistant manager. The newspaper claims that Anderlecht already found an agreement with Charleroi about the acquisition of the Malian. Read more »

 02-06-2022 
 01-06-2022