Former Chelsea and Real Madrid man Claude Makelele steered Eupen to safety after an incredible last-day finale in Belgium's top flight.

Makelele, who worked as assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti and Laurent Blanc at Paris Saint-Germain, was appointed in November with the mission of saving Eupen from relegation to Belgium's second tier.

Bottom of the table ahead of the final game, Eupen knew they needed to win against Mouscron by one more goal than rivals Mechelen, who started the day +1 better off...

Romelu Lukaku has expressed his desire to rejoin Anderlecht after his time with Manchester United comes to an end.

Lukaku, who joined United from Everton in the summer on a £75 million transfer, visited Anderlecht's training ground earlier this week and said that he would like to return to his boyhood club before his career is over.

"My dream was always to play for Anderlecht," Lukaku said in a video recorded by the Belgian club, which he left for Chelsea in 2011.

"I will definitely return...

Arsenal have sent midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide and striker Chuba Akpom, plus Krystian Bielik, out on loan for the rest of the season.

Reine-Adelaide, 20, will join French club Angers while 22-year-old Akpom heads to Belgium's Sint-Truidense for his sixth loan spell away from Arsenal.

Young centre-back Krystian Bielik was also sent out to League One side Walsall after recovering from a shoulder injury that ruled him out for the first half of the season.

Reine-Adelaide has been viewed as one of...

U.S. international Kenny Saief has joined Anderlecht on loan from fellow Belgian club Gent.

Anderlect also have an option to buy Saief on a permanent basis at the end of the season.

Saief, 24, returned in November after being sidelined since the summer because of complications from hernia surgery.

Transferupdate: Kenny Saief op huurbasis naar #RSCA, ontdek zijn eerste 📹 op de Official-app! Download de app uit de PLAY STORE (https://t.co/8jOWk8TWua) of de APP STORE (https://t.co/WsEYzSmeb7)! Welcome Kenny! 💪 #COYM pic.twitter.com/lmJt2jAMjC

— RSC Anderlecht (@rscanderlecht) January 5, 2018

The setback ruled Saief out of the final four games of the U.S.'s failed World Cup qualifying campaign.

A dual national with both Israeli and U.S. citizenship, Saief represented Israel at youth level...

The Belgian FA (KBVB) has proposed that Kortrijk be fined €1,000 for their fans' racial abuse of Standard Liege's Uche Agbo in last week's league game.

The football authorities were urged to take firm action after Agbo was subjected to monkey chants and pelted with beer as he made his way back to the dressing room after being sent off in the first half of the match on Dec. 27.

However, Kortrijk, who won the game 2-1, are likely to face a fine of just €1,000 after the FA's disciplinary...