Gossip short: Bandé, Karsdorp, Edmilson, ...

TRANSFERS The transfer market is open, so new speculations can be read every day. Here we combine a few names that are linked to Anderlecht, but without concrete soil.


After a rehabilitation of six months Hassane Bandé is fit again. Ajax wants to lend the former striker of KV Mechelen for the rest of the season. The fact that Anderlecht wants to find reinforcements and both club and Frank Arnesen maintain good contacts with Ajax, is enough for some websites to write that Anderlecht wants to rent Bandé.

In the past, Anderlecht showed concrete interest in Junior Edmilson, then at Standard. Meanwhile he plays in Qatar, but a departure there is negotiable. Het Nieuwsblad reports that he is too expensive for Belgian clubs such as Anderlecht, Antwerp and AA Gent. However, certain websites here say that Anderlecht want to get the player.

In Italy, they say that Anderlecht are interested in Nick Karsdorp. The Dutch defender hardly gets into the team at AS Roma. A few hours earlier, a Belgian website published a list of ten players with whom Fred Rutten collaborated in the past and who are now sidetracked at their club. However, there is no concrete interest from Anderlecht for those players. Coincidence? We do not think so.

Karsdorp is not the first and not the last Dutchman mentioned at Anderlecht. The story of Ibrahim Afellay and Jeffrey Bruma could already be read with us the day before yesterday. Yesterday Het Nieuwsblad also suggested striker Vincent Janssen (Tottenham) and Jürgen Locadia (Brighton).