KAA Gent is extremely ambitious for the new season. The Buffalos want to put Club Brugge to the test at all costs. You can take ‘whatever at all costs’ literally, because for Nurio Fortuna it transferred a record sum of six million euros to Sporting Charleroi. Board duo Ivan De Witte and Michel Louwagie explain.
“Maybe we should just say things as they are,” Louwagie opens The last news. “2018 was a difficult year for us. We sold Simon. Breed the same. You negotiated the outgoing transfer from Kalu to Bordeaux yourself – and the last payment installment was the most important. That makes us able to invest now.”
De Witte takes over. “Bordeaux paid in three installments,” the chairman explained. “The first two were limited sums, the largest came in this summer. In addition, the contract with main sponsor vdk has been extended for three years. That is important. I do not want to violate the discretion with regard to the bank, but it is a substantial amount. We’re talking about a sponsor who has become much more than a partner over the years – friends, hurry. “
Anderlecht over
The trees reach high in Ghent, that much is clear. “‘Cash is king’, I learned in the US. Well, the cash will be there at AA Gent …”, De Witte sums it up powerfully. More than ever, the Buffalo’s therefore their place at the Belgian top. “Infrastructurally, we are the best. Over the last five seasons, we have been the number two in Belgium, and even the Belgian number one in Europe. Anderlecht has its European finals in the 80s, but that is nostalgia. Club Brugge is a class apart, but I dare say that we are quietly over the rest “, De Witte thinks.
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