Anderlecht has not yet finished with the Danish era! Lucas Hey has joined the Mauve & Blanc, and we expect a lot from him in Denmark and Anderlecht.
Alongside Musiala and Bellingham
It is factual: by offering the services of Lucas Hey (21 years old) for 3 million euros, Anderlecht attracted one of the most promising young talents on the football planet. It’s not us who say it: it’s Tuttosportwhich designates its 100 nominees for the prestigious Golden Boy each year, and included Hey in 2023.
After helping Lyngby to obtain its retention, Lucas Hey was part of this shortlist alongside, excuse me, Jude Bellingham, Jamal Musiala, Gavi, Florian Wirtz… but also Roméo Lavia, Arthur Vermeeren, Zeno Debast, Johan Bakayoko, Arne Engels and Bilal El Khannouss. “It’s huge to be here. I only play at Lyngby, it’s really impressive. 4 years ago, I was nowhere”, responded Hey in the columns of Bold after this surprise appointment.
He finds a teammate at Anderlecht
During the famous “Danish era” of Sporting Anderlecht (which is therefore not yet completely over), Jesper Fredberg and Brian Riemer had mainly brought experienced players to Lotto Park: Dolberg, Delaney, Schmeichel, Zanka and even in to a lesser extent Dreyer who already had several seasons behind him were not young leaders. The only exception was not a success: it was Mads Kikkenborgwhose counter remains stuck at one match.
But the number 2 goalkeeper of the RSCA will perhaps be able to make good against bad luck from now on by participating as best as possible in the integration of Lucas Hey. The two men actually played together at Lyngby on 28 occasions, before Hey joined Nordsjaelland. A departure from Kikkenborg in the short or medium term is not excluded, but until then, he will at least be able to help his young compatriot get his bearings.
Launched by a former Pro League coach
And if he needs advice on how to best understand the Jupiler Pro League, Lucas Hey can also give one of the coaches to whom he owes the most in his young career a call: Freyr Alexandersson. It is under the leadership of the former T1 of KV Kortrijk that Hey was launched into the deep end in Lyngby, in 2022.
The club was then in Danish D2 but achieved promotion, before miraculously managing to maintain its position the following season. Alexandersson has since left Kortrijk, but will certainly happily advise his former foal. And Anderlecht fans will appreciate what the Icelander had to say at the time in BT on Lucas Hey: “He’s a young man who has developed incredibly well, a modern defender. He’s good with the ball, strong in one-on-one situations, reads the game well, dangerous from set pieces, he’s a boss (…) If he stays focused, I think Lucas Hey can play in the five best European championships.”
Europe too, he knows
Lucas Hey did not only play in the Danish D1: with Nordsjaelland, he also had the opportunity to taste the European Cup. In 2023, he made his debut in the Conference League preliminaries, playing 90 minutes in the return qualifying match against FCSB (Steaua Bucharest). “I didn’t expect it to go so quickly, but on the other hand, I felt ready,” rejoiced the Dane in Bold after this match.
And it will of course not stop there: Nordsjaelland will go all the way to the group stages of the Conference League. Lucas Hey starts the groups on the bench, but then starts for the last 4 matches. Better: during the humiliation inflicted on Fenerbahçe (6-1), the neo-Mauve scored one of his team’s six goals, his first European goal. Anderlecht of course hopes that it will not be the last.
Soon at… Brian Riemer?
Despite the great promises seen, Lucas Hey has not yet been called up to the national A team, either by Kasper Hjulmand or, since his recent taking office, by Brian Riemer. However, he is a confirmed U23 international with 12 caps, even if one of them is linked to his worst memory as a player: this red card taken 2 minutes after his entry into the game at half-time, against Wales in 2023.
There is no doubt that his transfer to Anderlecht will put Hey in the sights of Brian Riemer, who already has an eye on Lotto Park not only because he coached there but because Kasper Dolberg is making sparks there. We shouldn’t be surprised to soon see the former RSCA coach back in the stands who came to admire the performances of his internationals!
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