Will Rick de Mille stay in Club Brugge? “Assistant here instead of head coach at Beveren” | extra time

With questions posed to club coach Rick de Mel, discussion was opened to the table immediately. Philip Goss: “I understand he’s saying: I believe in the title. If you’re Club Brugge, you must be thinking by now: we’ll take 18 out of 18 and then there’s a good chance we’ll be champions. It probably won’t happen, but that’s the position they have to step into On to the first game.”

Van der Elst: “With the play-offs they can also regain a lot of goodwill. They lost it a little bit during this season. Now there is a bit of a comeback after 7-0 and also after a great performance last week against Westerlo. They just didn’t score at that time.” But they have to continue this now.”

And what about Rick de Mille himself? Newspapers have already mentioned possible successors like Karel Geraerts or Ronny Deila. Joos: “Why don’t you keep De Mil, if he’s been playing well in these qualifiers?”

“You have to keep him with the technical staff, that’s a minimum,” says Frankie van der Elst. “I hope he stays in T1 next year. I know him well and he’s a really nice guy. But if he becomes T1 next season, you could lose him again quickly after a certain amount of time.” And that would be a shame.”

Sonck: “He’s already achieved something in this time. They only swallowed one goal, so the organization is good. The self-confidence is back. He gives chances to these young players. He knows them well and he dares to use them.”

According to De Mil, there may be more youth products on the base next year. Joos: “Can you believe it? After such a difficult year at a club like Club Brugge with money? De Mil might do it, but someone new wouldn’t.”

“There is already one out of 18 in the base,” adds Sonek. We can add 1 or 2 more.