INTERVIEWS Patrick Vervoort has the distinction of having played in his career at RSCA and Beerschot, a particularity that he shares with Juan Lozano and Nico De Bree in particular. He arrived at RSC Anderlecht to succeed Franky Vercauteren who took charge of Nantes in 1986.
This succession was not a gift, Franky Vercauteren was the “little prince of the Park” and an icon which did not make his task easier. Vervoort, however, quickly made his mark with several goals scored in Europe and in his first match against Beerschot.
He was subsequently accepted by the purple public, he was not Belgian champion with the RSCA during his stay. However, he won two Belgian Cups and played in a European Cup final against Sampdoria.
He could have signed for Bruges but he preferred the RSCA where the football played suited him better according to him. He had been told that the club was cold but he was pleasantly surprised, he found warmth there and he regularly went out after European matches to nightclubs with his teammates but Martin Lippens was charged by Michel Verschueren with monitoring the players at this time. era.
He subsequently wanted an experience abroad, he also did not get along very well with Aad De Mos then coach who had taken him out of the team. He expressed his desire to Michel Verschueren who was not very happy, he then signed for Bordeaux.
He concludes by stating that he is now a player agent for Peter Smeets’ office.
Source: The Last Hour (Yves Taildeman)
