De Maio signed for Anderlecht

WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2016, 13:27 - D.A.B.
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TRANSFERS Sébastian De Maio has signed a four year deal for RSC Anderlecht. The Frenchman leaves his current club, Genoa, for Brussels. De Maio is a physically strong central defender with good technical skills. According to former Anderlecht player El Kaddouri (now Napoli), he can be compared to Vincent Kompany.

El Kaddouri: "De Maio used to be my team mate when I played for Brescia. With his 1m90 he is strong, but he's tactical ace as well. He's maybe a bit slow on the first meters, but his overall sprinting speed is good."

With the arrival of De Maio, Anderlecht get a defender who's able to build up an attack from defense. It is therefore likely that Kara Mbodj, who joined Anderlecht last year, will be sold. Kara had to hear a lot of criticism from the Anderlecht fans of being technically too weak for the club. Kara was already close to a transfer to England, but there were too many managers involved which complicated the situation.

Remarkable is the fact that De Maio took all the penalties with his former clubs Celano and Frosinone. So he might be a solution for Anderlecht's horrible reputation in scoring penalties (worst statistics in Europe).



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