In
Sebastien De Maio (def) Genoa; Dennis Appiah (def) Caen; Mahmoud Hassan (mid) Ahly; Sofianne Hanni (mid) Mechelen; Idrissa Doumbia (mid) ES Bingerville (IVC); Emmanuel Adjei (def) Dreams FC (GHA); Andy Kawaya (mid) Willem II – end of loan; Samuel Bastien (mid) Avellino – end of loan; Fede Vico (mid) Albacete – end of loan; Nathan Kabasele (att) De Graafschap; Alexandru Chipciu (att) Steaua;
Out
Thomas Kaminski (sp) (gk) Kortrijk; Silvio Proto (r) (gk) Oostende; Matias Suarez (r) (att) Belgrano; Anthony Vanden Borre (sp) (def) Montpellier – on loan; Imoh Ezekiel (sp) (att) Al Arabi – end of loan; Filip Djuricic (sp) (att) Benfica – end of loan; Alexander Buttner (sp) (def) Dinamo Moscow – end of loan; Rafael Galhardo (sp) (def) Atletico Paranense – on loan;
Target
Anderlecht are hot favourites for the title and as things stand Purple and Whites seem to have every reason to feel confident that they would be able to win it. Another top three finish looks guaranteed anyway.