Standard started last season with a lot of ambition, but ended up in fifth place. The team has been struggling for a while to win a new title. Michel Preud’homme has since retired as a trainer, his successor Philippe Montanier wants to ensure success again. The Frenchman has completed his first working days and is … Read more
In recent weeks, there has been a lot of controversy about the competition format for next season. Michel Louwagie is one of the great scapegoats in the story. He is said to have knocked down the proposal of a league with eighteen clubs. The manager of KAA Gent is now responding. “I have been silent … Read more
Royal Antwerp FC was the first of all clubs in First Division A to leave on a summer internship. On Saturday, Ivan Leko’s troops arrived in Harsewinkel-Marienfeld, where they will be staying until next Saturday. It is obvious that a new wind is blowing in the player group. Not only the core underwent a thorough … Read more
Club Brugge starts the new season as a big title favorite. Blauw-Zwart sees that a number of teams are buying heavily. Eric Van Meir sees only one challenger. “The danger will have to come from Ghent. I see the Buffalos as the only real challenger of Club. Blue-black is 100 percent title candidate, Ghent 70 … Read more
To date, AA Gent has brought in Davy Roef, Jordan Botaka, Alexandre De Bruyn (only the details have to be finalized), Dino Arslanagic and Nurio Fortuna. Strikingly, the first four are ‘football Belgians’, which is particularly important for the club. A few years ago, AA Ghent invested heavily in plucking young talents, Nicolas Raskin received … Read more
Thomas Meunier will exchange PSG’s kit for Dortmund’s next season. However, that does not mean that he has already played his last game for the French top club. As the French sports newspaper knows The evening that Meunier has received the green light from Dortmund to finish the ongoing Champions League campaign with PSG. “If … Read more
RSC Anderlecht is focusing more than ever on the flow of its own youth, but is also skimming the international football market in search of young opportunities. Zito Luvumbo belongs in the latter category. Luvumbo is an eighteen-year-old winger from Angola who is currently still working in his home country. With his club Primeiro de … Read more
AA Gent has put six million euros on the table to soak left back Nurio Fortuna at Sporting Charleroi. This makes it the second most expensive incoming transfer ever between Belgian clubs. Nurio will be viewed with suspicion, especially since his predecessors often could not live up to it. Theo Bongonda: for 7 million euros … Read more
The Pro League is in an existential crisis. Due to the many lawsuits and criticism of conflicts of interest, a reorganization is urgent, but Peter Croonen’s chairmanship was confirmed in the meantime. That makes the eyebrows frown here and there. The Sunday is already hard as nails for the current state of affairs. “Belgian football … Read more
As the new CEO of RSC Anderlecht, Karel Van Eetvelt has to modernize the corporate structure of the Belgian record champion. That is not a simple task, especially in the football world, which has its own laws. At least that is the way Van Eetvelt looks at football. “Football is a very conservative bastion, with … Read more