Royal Antwerp Football Club is still in financial difficulties, but the club has invested in youth development. Xander Dierckx's breakthrough gives the club drive to continue on the same path. Antwerp's youth development has grown into one of the club's main strengths over the past few years. Arthur Vermeeren was the first Antwerp talent in years to break through at the highest level. The club sees youth development as an important source of income for the future. Dierckx's breakthrough gives the club hope for the future. The club will have to think about how to use the available resources to further develop the youth development. The club already has a number of good players in the youth academy and will have to see how these players develop. The club will have to see how youth development will influence the future of the club.