"Excuse me Mr Vanden Stock, but I've just given my word to Winterslag, " he said.

BBC: Coach gets Belgium united

Approaching 30 years as a coach, his first appointment was with Winterslag, the third-division club where he finished his playing career.

BBC: Robert Waseige

His biggest success was taking Winterslag (later to become Racing Genk) from the third division to the first in the early seventies.

BBC: Coach gets Belgium united