Jordan Lukaku will be 18 next month. Unlike his elder brother at that age, he’s not a regular in the Anderlecht first team. Also unlike his brother, he’s an extremely confident young man. Not that Romelu is a shrinking violet, but young Jordan likes to take life head on. Towards the end of last season,… Read More »
The Belgian media has recently been focusing on the so-called invasion of Dutch coaches in the Jupiler League. There will be five of them out of 16 when the league starts in July and Belgian coaches such as Hugo Broos – currently out of work – have questioned why the Dutch are getting jobs that… Read More »
According to reports in the Belgian press today (La Dernière Heure), the Anderlecht management team is still smiling about the rumours saying that two of their senior players, Lucas Biglia and Matias Suarez, are targets for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively. Both of the Argentines are good players but they’ve not done enough to… Read More »
The news that the three Musonda brothers are likely to join Chelsea comes as somewhat of a surprise. About a year ago, Anderlecht announced that the elder boys – Lamisha and Tika – were being awarded professional contracts and that the club hoped to do the same with Charly Junior when he reached the age… Read More »
Just 48 hours after Belgium lost to England at Wembley, Marc Wilmots was offered the job as team coach for the national team on a two year contract. The Belgian FA wanted to give him a longer period but Wilmots declined, saying he would like to be judged at the time of the 2014 Brazil… Read More »
They came; they saw; they lost! Many of the Belgian players said they were very happy to be finally playing at the mythical Wembley stadium, although Kevin Mirallas said he would have preferred to have played at the original. On the day, the Red Devils were not outplayed, far from it. They had more possession… Read More »
Belgium have not beaten England since 1936, in Brussels. Belgium have never won in England. The odds are therefore, obviously, against them winning this evening. (Although odds seem to be dropping as I write, 4-1 from 6-1). But stranger things have happened. Five of the likely Belgium team play in the Premier League (with two… Read More »
The Belgium squad is one of the most talented in world football at an individual level. They haven’t got the results yet and in parts that’s due to a lack of full backs and a dearth in international-class strikers. Added to that, Belgium has a habit of seemingly dominating opponents and then conceding sloppy goals.… Read More »
With the Belgium national team due to arrive in Luton tomorrow, ahead of their friendly match at Wembley on Saturday, and with Marouane Fellaini telling reporters that everyone in England is talking about Belgium, it’s time to answer the question – where did this talented group of players come from? A couple of years ago,… Read More »
TOPS Best Belgian Player in any League Eden Hazard had another remarkable season (20 goals and 15 assists, Ligue 1 player of the year) while Jan Vertonghen was elected the Eredivisie’s top man as Ajax took the championship. But the award has to go to Vincent Kompany for his leadership of Premier League champions Manchester… Read More »