Former goalkeeper Lemmens has been with the football association for more than eight years, but the court suspects him of money laundering and forgery. He was working with regret optant Dejan Veljkovic at the time. Between February 1, 2013 and the summer of 2014, the Royal Belgian FA paid him through a fictitious management agreement with the Cypriot company Beneyug Sport Management Ltd, founded by Veljkovic.
The total sum of private invoices would have been about 52,808 euros. It was the only deal the agent ever made with the Royal Belgian FA. Former federation chairman François De Keersmaecker and ex-CEO Steven Martens also have to answer to the court for the same reason.
The union has put Lemmens on ‘inactive’ in recent days. In theory, he is not an employee of the union, but pending the trial, the RBFA no longer wants to work with him. After a raid by the Special Tax Inspectorate (BBI) in 2015, the bond stop did change the contract construction, but to avoid the perception, they opted for this solution. With the Spaniard Iñaki Bergara, confidant of national coach Roberto Martínez, the Devils employ a second goalkeeper coach. He worked in the shadow of Lemmens, who has good ties with his keepers.
The goalkeepers of the national team, Thibaut Courtois, Simon Mignolet and Koen Casteels, like to work with Lemmens. He has built up a close relationship with the first in particular. The former goalkeeper of, among others, Beveren, Santander and Espanyol was once even briefly in the picture at Real Madrid to take care of Courtois. Real ultimately opted not to accept the proposal.
