Verschueren looks back on winter mercato

SUNDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 2019, 10:29 - lajoya
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INTERVIEWS It was a hectic month for Michaël Verschueren. For him it was his first winter mercato as general manager. And that was accompanied by heights and lows. The general manager looks back.


"It has been a hectic period, there have been times when I almost did not sleep. My family told me in advance that they should not trust on me in January, I would be physically present, but my thoughts would be somewhere else "Verschueren is honest.

About Yunus Akgun:

"He was indeed offered here, he and hundreds more, but we were of the opinion that he was not yet ready for Anderlecht, but in Turkey they thought differently, the deal was done for them. "We can go to Juventus, but we will come to Anderlecht. It is sometimes unbelievable, often a lot of cinema is made. "

About Facundo Ferreyra:

"I was in Lisbon for the ECA, which was three days before the transfer market closed. On Tuesday night I returned home with an agreement from Benfica for a loan with a purchase option for Facundo Ferreyra I thought we had our top striker. Then came Espanyol knocking and we can't compete with the Primera Division,.De deal jumped off and the stress only increased, I almost didn't sleep. "

About Yannick Bolasie:

"We finally opted for a winger to optimize the supply for Dimata and Santini, because they did score, but their supply had to be improved. The deal came thanks to Romelu Lukaku and the fact that Frank Arnesen still has good contacts with Marcel Brands, the sports director at Everton. The deal was done on a transfer deadlineday at 3pm. "

And almost it still went wrong:

"It was a nerve-racking afternoon and evening. Yannick missed his afternoon flight because of a traffic jam and arrived at Neerpede only at 9.30 pm We had already tested him in England at that time, but then the paper work still followed and the clubs had to enter the transfer in FIFA's program, but Everton had done something wrong. One minute before midnight, the light was still red, everyone was trembling, not normal, then 43 seconds before midnight, finally green light. One minute later and we were left with nothing. "



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