Bart Verbruggen (19) will leave Anderlecht. Negotiations between Sporting and Burnley for the transfer of the goalkeeper have advanced a lot in recent hours. To end up with, from English sources, an offer difficult to refuse: 5 million with different bonuses linked to the results and a percentage on resale. It just remains to be seen if it will be 5 million with the bonuses or if they will still inflate the sum. In any case, it’s a nice move for the RSCA who bought the Dutchman for €300,000 from NAC Breda two years ago. Sacred added value for a boy who has only played seven matches in purple.
After Josh Cullen, it is the second Anderlechtois that Vincent Kompany recruits in Burnley. What to question his promise, made when he arrived in England, not to weaken his former club? No. In his mind, Kompany has the impression of helping his former club financially without undermining him sportingly.
The departure of Verbruggen will still leave a void in Neerpede. Because he is one of the great promises in his position at European level and because he also had to defend the Anderlecht cage with the U23s in D1B. Colin Coosemans is too old and Timon Vanhoutte still a little tender. This might force management to quickly recruit a goalkeeper up to 25 years old, as the regulations require.
