{"id":13722,"date":"2026-05-22T20:55:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bekeffyfootball.com\/?p=13722"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:18:09","slug":"beszelgetes-roger-vanden-stockkal-az-rsc-anderlecht-klub-elnokevel-copy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bekeffyfootball.com\/en\/blog\/beszelgetes-roger-vanden-stockkal-az-rsc-anderlecht-klub-elnokevel-copy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis De Vries \u2013 My Life &#8211; Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13722\" class=\"elementor elementor-13722\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b521be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b521be\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56d0fee9\" data-id=\"56d0fee9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d516429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d516429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p><p>A few years ago, Louis De Vries\u2019 autobiographical book titled <em data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"71\">My Life<\/em> was published in Belgium. One long chapter of the book is devoted to Hungarian football, the chaotic period following the fall of communism, and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC<\/span><\/span>, which won the Hungarian championship in 1993 \u201cwith Belgian money. \u201dBittersweet memories may have come flooding back to Louis De Vries during the few days he spent in Budapest. In the early 1990s, the 79-year-old Belgian businessman, sports executive, and manager celebrated a league title as majority owner of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Budapest Honv\u00e9d FC<\/span><\/span>. He supported the powerful Kispest side with one million dollars, and the success was celebrated at the legendary Rokoko club. Although an ugly scandal later drove him away from Hungarian football, the star manager has now revealed to our newspaper that he is ready to invest in Hungary again.<\/p><div class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"><div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:b8eae376-7bb4-48ea-894f-03c939e1bbc1-4\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"><section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:b8eae376-7bb4-48ea-894f-03c939e1bbc1-4\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:b8eae376-7bb4-48ea-894f-03c939e1bbc1-4\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"9da99d82-fd61-429d-af9d-fe94df970521\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"><p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"1236\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cJen\u0151 B\u00e9keffy, the father of G\u00e1bor, helped me establish closer ties with Hungarian football at the time. He was a legendary manager, a highly respected sports figure in Belgium, who introduced me to footballers such as <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Johan Cruyff<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rob Rensenbrink<\/span><\/span>. When he died in 1987, I essentially took over his role. I was the one traveling to Budapest to negotiate with the powerful sports leaders of the era about transferring <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Fazekas<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">S\u00e1ndor M\u00fcller<\/span><\/span> to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Royal Antwerp FC<\/span><\/span>, where I was serving as managing director at the time,\u201d De Vries began.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><p><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, Louis De Vries\u2019 autobiographical book titled My Life was published in Belgium. 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