Former France international Claude Makelele joined Belgian side Eupen as their head coach in November 2017.
Former Chelsea and Real Madrid man Claude Makelele steered Eupen to safety after an incredible last-day finale in Belgium’s top flight.
Makelele, who worked as assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti and Laurent Blanc at Paris Saint-Germain, was appointed in November with the mission of saving Eupen from relegation to Belgium’s second tier.
Bottom of the table ahead of the final game, Eupen knew they needed to win against Mouscron by one more goal than rivals Mechelen, who started the day +1 better off…
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Romelu Lukaku has expressed his desire to rejoin Anderlecht after his time with Manchester United comes to an end.
Lukaku, who joined United from Everton in the summer on a £75 million transfer, visited Anderlecht’s training ground earlier this week and said that he would like to return to his boyhood club before his career is over.
“My dream was always to play for Anderlecht,” Lukaku said in a video recorded by the Belgian club, which he left for Chelsea in 2011.
“I will definitely return…
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Arsenal have sent midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide and striker Chuba Akpom, plus Krystian Bielik, out on loan for the rest of the season.
Reine-Adelaide, 20, will join French club Angers while 22-year-old Akpom heads to Belgium’s Sint-Truidense for his sixth loan spell away from Arsenal.
Young centre-back Krystian Bielik was also sent out to League One side Walsall after recovering from a shoulder injury that ruled him out for the first half of the season.
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Kenny Saief has moved to Anderlecht on an initial loan until the end of the season.
U.S. international Kenny Saief has joined Anderlecht on loan from fellow Belgian club Gent.
Anderlect also have an option to buy Saief on a permanent basis at the end of the season.
Saief, 24, returned in November after being sidelined since the summer because of complications from hernia surgery.
Transferupdate: Kenny Saief op huurbasis naar #RSCA, ontdek zijn eerste =ù op de Official-app! Download de app uit de PLAY STORE (https://t.co/8jOWk8TWua) of de APP STORE (https://t.co/WsEYzSmeb7)! Welcome Kenny! =ª #COYM pic.twitter.com/lmJt2jAMjC— RSC Anderlecht (@rscanderlecht) January 5, 2018
The setback ruled Saief out of the final four games of the U.S.’s failed World Cup qualifying campaign.
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Belgian fans held up a league game at the weekend with a pitch invasion that was all in a good cause.
For the second successive season, Charleroi’s ‘Storm Ultras 2001’ supporters group enjoyed a “Nounours Party” (“Teddy Bear Party”), hurling hundreds of cuddly toys on the pitch just before Friday’s 1-1 draw with Ostende.
The toys, which caused kick-off to be delayed a few minutes while they were cleared, will be distributed to underprivileged children in the Belgian city.
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Claude Makalele won honours with Real Madrid, Chelsea and PSG during his playing career.
Claude Makelele has left his position as a coach at Swansea and been appointed boss of struggling Belgian side Eupen.
The former France international midfielder worked as an assistant coach at Paris Saint-Germain before a brief, unsuccessful stint as head coach at Bastia during the 2014-15 season.
He also worked behind the scenes at Monaco before joining Paul Clement’s backroom staff at Swansea City last January.
Eupen believe he is the man to help steer them away from the bottom of the Belgian…
Sporting Charleroi’s Cristian Benavente dropped to the ground after being struck on the shoulder by an extinguished smoke bomb thrown by a Royal Antwerp supporter.