You can hardly imagine it now, but not so long ago, Antwerp was completely in the doldrums. Less than ten years ago it was doom and gloom. Jonas De Roeck, now assistant at Anderlecht, was still there.
De Roeck played in the 2000-2001 season for The Great Old and from 2013 to 2015. “Our season under Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink had started well in 2013, but all the extra-sporting concerns turned out to be worse than expected. There was hardly any money for fresh bread and we sometimes had to make do with moldy charcuterie, “he explains GvA.
Nothing to compare since Paul Gheysens took over the club. “The water seeped through the roof into the dressing room. If you looked up, you could see the pigeons. You don’t even encounter such situations in the first provincial. Then it is difficult for a professional club to achieve results.”
