The Anderlecht academy has already seen better days. After the announcement of the notice of its director Jean Kindermans, which had the effect of a bomb in Neerpede, it is the confirmation of the departure of Konstantinos Karetsas to Genk – he will train there from Monday – which has wrong with the Mauves.
Karetsas, an attacking midfielder with a bright future, has recently impressed with the Belgian U16 national team. While he has just celebrated his 15th birthday, he refused to sign his first professional contract at Parc Astrid to go to Genk… where the RSCA went to poach him three years ago. At the time, the Mauves had managed to persuade him to join the capital while the Limburgers doubted his potential. The many efforts made in Neerpede in recent months to try to keep the left-hander as well as the intervention of president Wouter Vandenhaute have done nothing about it.
Talents such as Bounida or Lavia had recently left for major foreign teams, against which Belgian football can no longer compete, but here it is a departure for another Belgian club. This is what is most difficult to digest at Sporting, which must now also face domestic competition for its greatest promises. The sporting and financial situation of the club obviously does not help to convince young people who are convinced that the grass is greener elsewhere.
