"I wonder how Tielemans will react"

INTERVIEWS Stéphane Badji looks to be serious competition for Leander Dendoncker and Youri Tielemans. Anderlecht icon Paul Van Himst thinks Hasi will have difficulties to choose now. "Tielemans is not playing his best season ever", Van Himst states.

Anderlecht did four incoming transfers and these are no players just to fill the group. "Anderlecht chose for the short term with these transfers. If they do not win the title now, they have a problem as these guys are blocking the young talents."

It looks like Leander Dendoncker and especially Youri Tielemans will have to battle for their position on the pitch. "Tielemans did not play very well in the first season half. It is normal that the coach and the board search for a solution."

"As a coach, I always tried to give youngsters all chances I could give them. Scifo, Grün and Demol were also 18-19 years old and they always kept playing, despite their performance. I wonder how Tielemans will react now he is sitting on the bench."

"If Youri stays off the pitch for long, I can imagine he talks to his manager and thinks about a transfer. He might think: "If I have to sit on the bench at Anderlecht, I might as well sit on the bench at a European top team."