"Everyone can choose number 23"

INTERVIEWS These are busy days for Luc Devroe. The transfer period is going into its final days and a solution has to be found for Kara Mbodji, Ivan Obradovic and possibly also for Ryota Morioka. In addition, Devroe also wants reinforcement in defense.


"I get an average of 100 messages a day, e-mails, telephone, WhatsApp, you name it. A transfer period is a chaotic period for me, I've already gained three kilos, just because I eat unhealthy and mostly irregularly," explains Devroe, " Fortunately, I do not need much sleep. "

Devroe will be grandfather for the first time in February: "Football is my life, but I also want to make time and be busy with my first grandchild."

Number 23

A few weeks ago there was consternation because Devroe did not want an Anderlecht player playing with the number 23, the old shirt of Sterchele. A sensitive subject for the Anderlecht supporters. "Sterchele will never let me go, such an accident you do not wish for your biggest enemy, but the players at Anderlecht are allowed to wear the number 23. Boeckx gave his number up this summer himself, he wanted the number 1. If there is one player who wants the number 23, he can choose that. "

Club Brugge

Devroe also has a past at Club Brugge, where he also launched Meunier. But since he is at Anderlecht, the reception is different. "I was kicked and knocked on my car, my wife was really scared. Stewards then had to guide us in. Once you get to Anderlecht, apparently there's no escaping it, but I'm not going to be put off, Sunday I'll go back with the car to Bruges. "