Left: club president Paul Gheysens. Right: Landowner Tania Mintjens in an old photo.
An initiative was already taken last year from the Antwerp town hall to buy the Bosuil grounds from owner Tania Mintjens themselves and not by Paul Gheysens. That proposal was immediately rejected. Now even the scenario of expropriation is circulating in the corridors of the town hall. They are two of six possible options that can lift the stadium file out of the doldrums. Although the mutual aversion between the Mintjens family and club president Paul Gheysens means that they have little chance of success.
Jan Stassijns, Sacha Van Wiele
