Another fancied runner, Broos, will not be released by Mouscron chairman Jean-Pierre Detremmerie.
Anthuenis, on the other hand, has been offered to Belgium by Anderlecht president Roger Vanden Stock, who is also a vice-president of the Belgium FA.
This puts Anthuenis in a delicate position and he is merely saying that no one has approached him yet.
Anthuenis's main rival seems to be ex-international Rene Vandereycken, who has returned from a spell of coaching in the German second division.
Vandereycken has applied for the job but it is unlikely that he will get the nod as his name seems to be mentioned whenever there is a change of coach.
The FA's Karel Vertongen will meet with Vandereycken, Anthuenis and Gerets this week and all the smart money is on Anthuenis.
Stories abound that the Anderlecht players do not like his training methods and the Vanden Stock family seems to have lost faith in him.
As all the candidates to replace Waseige are Flemish, it might soon be time for the Francophone press to sharpen their knives.