"In the summer we have to sell a key player"

INTERVIEWS Etienne Davignon talks openly and honestly in an interview with Het Laatste Nieuws about the financial situation of RSC Anderlecht. There will certainly not be a bankruptcy, but perhaps the club will have to sell a key player again next summer to bring in money.


Davignon joins Michaël Verschueren when he says that football must save RSC Anderlecht. Read: European football. "It is not the intention that we are going to write a blank check here, the board must also take its responsibility. For example, by enforcing European football. There is also a chance that Peter Verbeke will have to sell a key player in the summer to make up the losses. The minority shareholders have recently agreed to a capital increase of five million euros in order not to jeopardize the license. "

Fight

It had been circulating for a while that things were upset between the minority shareholders and the rest, that quarrel has now been settled according to Davignon. "That's right, but we are all smart enough to understand that arguing is not the solution. We are now able to have a constructive conversation again. The minority shareholders together own 26% and that will remain so, that must also be respected. I have no idea how the financial situation will continue to evolve. We are looking at the plan but it is too early to communicate about it. But the sporting successes and player sales will influence the process. "

Bankrupt

Here and there it is already suggested that RSC Anderlecht is on the verge of bankruptcy, but it will not come that far, says Davignon. "Anderlecht bankrupt? Absolutely not. There are problems, yes and Marc Coucke could have tackled things differently and better in the past, he admits himself. But now pointing the finger doesn't solve anything. Marc Coucke does everything to help the club recover. And as far as I know he does not want to sell. Foreign investors are therefore not an issue now. "

Kompany

Davignon makes it appear that they were not consulted on the dismissal of Frank Vercauteren and is not at all happy about that. Nevertheless, the confidence in Vincent Kompany remains. "We have not been contacted about the resignation of Vercauteren. But we do have 26% shares, hey. I do have enormous respect for Kompany's track, but he is still young and still misses the necessary experience. But he is the right man for our youth project. "