“Five teams for two places in Playoffs 1, it’s going to be hot”

Philippe Albert arrives on Eleven Sports, which acquired the television rights to Belgian football, as a consultant. He prefaces the coming season.

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“The only rival of Bruges, if ever there is one, is called Ghent. With, there too, solid financial means and an intelligent recruitment policy, as evidenced by the discovery of a Jonathan David out of nowhere, its emergence and its probable future resale at a high price. Despite Antwerp’s ambitions and the tremendous boost that its success in the Belgian Cup will inevitably give it, I place the Buffalos a notch above the pack of pursuers of the Club. “

“Bruges and Ghent being indisputable in the top 4, I think there are five candidates left for two places

: Charleroi, Antwerp, Standard, Anderlecht and Genk. It’s going to be hot between all those! The shrinkage caused by the passage from a final round to 4 – instead of 6 teams – will hurt. Fortunately, the Playoffs 2 will be revitalized as a result, but given the ambitions of the teams I have just mentioned, I don’t think we should speak to them in these terms at the start of the event. The objective is the top 4 and we must not come and say the opposite during the season in case it turns out badly!

►► Our consultant looks back on the chaos at the Pro League: “Simply scandalous”

►► Sporting de Charleroi, Standard, Anderlecht
: Philippe Albert gives his opinion on “our” clubs.

►► Extended mercato, Covid-19, the closed door and the European Cups: it does not evade any subject.

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