Kevin De Bruyne was the toast of half of Manchester last night after his goal put the Blues into a semi-final of Europe’s major competition for the first time. That would be enough for most players but a little further thought shows that he had a major influence on the outcome of both of last… Read More »
Last Monday, Anthony Vanden Borre played his first few minutes of football since August 2015. He turned out for Anderlecht U21s in front of a few fans, the players’ families and the Anderlecht coaching staff. His current situation is not great. But then calling his Anderlecht team-mates “fags” was never going to be a great… Read More »
Woody Allen once famously said that the good thing about being bisexual was that it doubled your chances of a date on a Saturday night – and, in footballing terms, Manchester United’s Luke Chadwick agrees. As the youngster is genuinely two-footed, he has doubled his chances of playing on United’s flanks. Watch out, Messrs Beckham… Read More »
Before the match with Australia, two of Belgium’s most-capped players, Timmy Simons and Daniel Van Buyten, will get a chance to say farewell to the fans and for supporters to say thank you for a job well done. Regular readers of this blog will know that I have long been an admirer of Simons. He’s… Read More »
It’s March 1, 2011, at Neerpeerde, home of the Anderlecht Academy. Charleroi U17s are the visitors. Within two minutes, Anderlecht take the lead through a fragile-looking boy who is later elected “man” of the match. But of course he is not a man; he is a boy and he is a year younger than the… Read More »
In Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League (the JPL), the real race for the title – and the 15 or so millions of euros that go with direct entry to the Champions’ League – starts with the playoffs. That’s because the JPL has a structure whereby the top six after the ‘classic’ season has finished enter the… Read More »
Six members of the Belgian international squad have changed clubs this summer. Some of those moves have been smart ones; others seem more of a risk. Here’s a rundown on those who have changed clubs and what their expectations could be. Marouane Fellaini (Everton to Manchester United) Fellaini’s last-minute move to Manchester United will give… Read More »
Ahead of the match with Scotland, Belgian keeper Thibaut Courtois spoke to journalists from the Belgian paper La Dernière Heure. Here’s what he said about Chelsea, Peter Cech, the World Cup and Simon Mignolet. On staying at Atletico Madrid “Chelsea and José Mourinho wanted me to return to Stamford Bridge this season, either that or… Read More »
The ‘Top Ten Newcomers’ to the Jupiler Pro League include some youngsters with big reputations, a few returnees and a couple of relatively unknown quantities. Three of the 10 are from Anderlecht and there are two each from Standard Liege and Club Brugge. Fabien Camus (28, Racing Genk) The Franco-Tunisian midfielder was a member of… Read More »
Anderlecht’s Matias Suarez is not the first man to be concerned about heading for Moscow in the dead of winter. Reports in today’s Le Soir say the Agrentine striker, not the most confident of people, is worried about joining CSKA – where a fee has been agreed – because of the cold weather and the… Read More »