"Hanni was unhappy at Anderlecht lately"

INTERVIEWS The surprise this mercato might have been the departure of Sofiane Hanni. But not for the board of RSC Anderlecht: "Sofiane has been unhappy at Anderlecht for a while," Herman Van Holsbeeck admits.


"We had already talked about it a few times and we promised him that we would talk if a good bid would come. And that good offer came, even more than one, and we wanted to respect what we had agreed. We couldn't keep him anymore and wanted to leave, so we pledged", said the general manager.

Whether Ryota Morioka will be able to take over the role of Sofiane Hanni remains to be seen. "At the end of the season, the prizes are handed out and today we have done what we had to do", Van Holsbeeck concludes the chapter.