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The Pro League Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Enis Destan

The month closes with Enis Destan out in front — 3 goals in 2 games, and Westerlo have the division's most feared finisher.

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Noah Adedeji-Sternberg is the month's best young player — 7.36

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.36 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Racing Genk player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Thorgan Hazard puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Mouscron, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Mouscron turn down Al-Taawoun for Axel Tielemans

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Matthieu Epolo this month

5 assists, 7.34, and a Standard Liege player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Ryotaro Ito is the division's best-marked player — 8.64

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.64 across 2 matches for Sint-Truiden.

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Germán Valera wants more than Anderlecht are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

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Club Brugge may not be able to give Guilherme Bezerra what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Guilherme Bezerra wants continental football; whether Club Brugge can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Ryotaro Ito keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 2 appearances for Sint-Truiden leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Ilyes Najim keeps the pressure on

2 goals in 1 appearances for Waasland-Beveren leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Romeo Vermant makes the list

2 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Still scoring: Youri Courtois

2 in 2 for Lokeren. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Joel Ordóñez tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for Club Brugge.

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Joel Ordóñez is the division's player of the month — 7.96

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Club Brugge man on 7.96 with 5 goal contributions.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for OH Leuven

Julian Eyestone was marked 7.52 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Axel Tielemans asks to leave Mouscron

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Mouscron turn down Club Brugge for Axel Tielemans

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Carlos Forbs this month

5 assists, 7.86, and a Club Brugge player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Ajax man

Félix Lemaréchal averaged 8.25 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Christos Tzolis raises the bar for Club Brugge

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Club Brugge heard it as anything else.

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The Cardiff City deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Bouke Boersma reports back to KV Mechelen with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

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Lennart Mertens up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Waasland-Beveren — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Grejohn Kyei up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Racing Genk — 5 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Thomas Claes up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Zulte Waregem — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Eden Mertens tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 6 goals in 4 appearances for KV Oostende.

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Eden Mertens is the division's player of the month — 8.61

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a KV Oostende man on 8.61 with 6 goal contributions.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Sint-Truiden

Keisuke Goto was marked 7.71 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Doğucan Haspolat puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Westerlo, and it is not being withdrawn.

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KV Oostende turn down Internacional for Eden Mertens

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Nobody made more than Matthieu Epolo this month

5 assists, 7.67, and a Standard Liege player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Toby Alderweireld raises the bar for Standard Liege

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Standard Liege heard it as anything else.

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Still scoring: William Balikwisha

3 in 4 for OH Leuven. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Still scoring: Luuk de Jong

3 in 3 for Club Brugge. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Chris Lokesa up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Waasland-Beveren — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Still scoring: Keisuke Goto

4 in 4 for Sint-Truiden. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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A place in the eleven for Sieben Dewaele

7.26 over 4 games. Nobody frames a team-of-the-month selection and everybody who has been in one remembers the month they were.

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Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 3 appearances for OH Leuven.

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Carlos Forbs is the division's player of the month — 7.85

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Club Brugge man on 7.85 with 3 goal contributions.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Westerlo

Hans De Ketelaere was marked 8.94 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Parfait Guiagon puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Charleroi, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Nobody made more than Matthieu Epolo this month

4 assists, 7.31, and a Standard Liege player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Westerlo man

Hans De Ketelaere averaged 8.94 over 2 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Christian Kompany wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at KV Oostende hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

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Luis Vázquez wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

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Jason Denayer up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Standard Liege — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Ayman Kari is right behind him

2 goals in 3 appearances for KV Kortrijk, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Serxho Ujka makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Radja Onana keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 3 appearances for Lokeren leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Aiham Ousou tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for Charleroi.

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The month belonged to Mario Stroeykens

Marked 8.39 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Anderlecht have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for KV Oostende

Jason Januzaj was marked 8.25 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Luis Vázquez puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Anderlecht, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Nobody made more than Nacho Miras this month

6 assists, 7.02, and a KV Mechelen player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Mario Stroeykens is the division's best-marked player — 8.39

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.39 across 5 matches for Anderlecht.

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Thorgan Hazard raises the bar for Mouscron

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Mouscron heard it as anything else.

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Germán Valera wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

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Lennart Mertens keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 4 appearances for Waasland-Beveren leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Mario Stroeykens is right behind him

4 goals in 5 appearances for Anderlecht, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Still scoring: Wilfried Kanga

3 in 5 for KAA Gent. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Guilherme Bezerra is right behind him

4 goals in 5 appearances for Lokeren, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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1 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Abdelkahar Kadri

The month closes with Abdelkahar Kadri out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and KAA Gent have the division's most feared finisher.

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Abdelkahar Kadri is the division's player of the month — 7.86

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a KAA Gent man on 7.86 with 4 goal contributions.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for KV Kortrijk

Facinet Conté was marked 7.66 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Guilherme Bezerra asks to leave Lokeren

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Germán Valera leads the division for assists — 7.08

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Anderlecht player marked 7.08, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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So close: Toby Doku’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Club Brugge moved on, Toby Doku reports back to Mouscron, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

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Jason Januzaj is the division's best-marked player — 8.45

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.45 across 2 matches for KV Oostende.

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Christos Tzolis wants more than Club Brugge are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

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Club Brugge may not be able to give Zaid Romero what he wants

It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Zaid Romero wants continental football; whether Club Brugge can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.

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Ryotaro Ito is right behind him

3 goals in 4 appearances for Sint-Truiden, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Aurélien Scheidler makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Facinet Conté keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 4 appearances for KV Kortrijk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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The Pro League Herald

1 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Eden Mertens

The month closes with Eden Mertens out in front — 6 goals in 5 games, and KV Oostende have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Youri Meunier

Marked 8.63 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. KV Oostende have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Eden Mertens is the month's best young player — 8.55

The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.55 over the month and 6 goal contributions, from a KV Oostende player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.

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Eduardo Correia asks to leave KV Oostende

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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KV Oostende turn down PSV for Jason Januzaj

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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The Olympique de Marseille deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Andreas Jungdal reports back to Westerlo with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

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Nobody made more than Jason Januzaj this month

6 assists, 8.28, and a KV Oostende player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Youri Meunier is the division's best-marked player — 8.63

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.63 across 5 matches for KV Oostende.

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Toby Alderweireld raises the bar for Standard Liege

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Standard Liege heard it as anything else.

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Casper Nielsen up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Standard Liege — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Wilfried Kanga keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 5 appearances for KAA Gent leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Nathan De Cat up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Torres — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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The Pro League Herald

1 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Axel Tielemans wants to know where this is going

“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Mouscron hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.

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Guilherme Bezerra wants European nights

The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.

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Daan Heymans is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Racing Genk has been clear about where Daan Heymans stands, which is more than many ever get.