Around 800 people at the funeral of “Mister Michel” | VRT NWS: news

Around 800 mourners attended the funeral of one of the most important figures in Belgian football history. Michel Verscheuren died last week aged 91. His funeral took place in the Saint Servatius in the Flemish Brabant municipality of Grimbergen, where he had lived for many years. Eulogies were read by, amongst others, Mr Verscheuren’s son Michael and the former RSC Anderlecht player and football analyst Jan Mulder. They paid tribute to the man known as “Mister Michel”, who led RSC Anderlecht to