Michaël Heylen

Central Defender - Westerlo
30 Sep 2029
Sunday
Process
Overview Personal Contract News 13 Transfers Relations Events 127 Awards 1 Matches History

Events

127

  1. Led the defence in a tight match

    Minor
    Cause
    He held the back line together when the game was hanging in the balance.

  2. Reassured by a calm full-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team had won, and the manager wanted to reinforce the standards. His professionalism usually steers him back from these moments.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  3. Personality clash with Raf Smekens

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  4. Personality clash with Muhammed Gurbanmammedov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  5. Left out as Serhiy Sydorchuk was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Serhiy Sydorchuk was preferred — longer time settled at the club.
    Cause
    Still inside the settling-in window after his recent move.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  6. Personality clash with Fatihan Kâhya

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  7. Personality clash with Yilber Aponzá

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  8. Left out as Serhiy Sydorchuk was preferred

    Serious
    Chosen instead
    Serhiy Sydorchuk was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  9. Personality clash with Eliot Bujupi

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  10. Personality clash with Serhiy Sydorchuk

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  11. Manager trust is eroding

    Moderate
    Cause
    The discussion focused on his recent performance level. Staff had already warned him about this in the last few weeks.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  12. Left out as Enzo Geerts was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Enzo Geerts was preferred — longer time settled at the club.
    Cause
    Still inside the settling-in window after his recent move.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  13. Personality clash with Thomas Van Den Keybus

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  14. Criticised in a full-time post-mortem

    Minor
    Cause
    It was a private show of faith after a tough recent run. His professionalism usually steers him back from these moments.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  15. Left out as Ferris N'Goma was preferred

    Serious
    Chosen instead
    Ferris N'Goma was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  16. Personality clash with Amos Mpanzu

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  17. Personality clash with Anton Demidov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  18. He has said it out loud: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  19. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    He is unhappy about his playing time. His relationship with the manager is steady but tense.
    Outlook
    Manager intervention may be required if it persists.

  20. Taking his young replacement under his wing Pablo Capilla Rivera

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.

  21. Left out as Serhiy Sydorchuk was preferred

    Serious
    Chosen instead
    Serhiy Sydorchuk was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  22. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Serious
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  23. Promised more playing time by the manager

    Serious
    Cause
    The discussion focused on playing time.

  24. He has said it out loud: First-team football

    Mind

  25. Left out as Enzo Geerts was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Enzo Geerts was preferred — sharper match readiness.
    Cause
    A fitter teammate was preferred at the same position.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  26. Personality clash with Bongani Cele

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  27. Left out as Ferris N'Goma was preferred

    Serious
    Chosen instead
    Ferris N'Goma was preferred — his higher squad-status priority.
    Cause
    His squad status would normally start, so the omission stings.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  28. Personality clash with Raf Smekens

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  29. Personality clash with Muhammed Gurbanmammedov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  30. He has started to want: First-team football

    Mind

  31. Personality clash with Fatihan Kâhya

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  32. Personality clash with Yilber Aponzá

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  33. Left out as Pape Diong was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Pape Diong was preferred — stronger quality on balance.
    Cause
    A more highly rated alternative was available.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  34. He has come to believe: He never rated him — Manuel Nascimento

    Mind

  35. Left out as Pape Diong was preferred

    Moderate
    Chosen instead
    Pape Diong was preferred — stronger quality on balance.
    Cause
    A more highly rated alternative was available.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  36. Personality clash with Eliot Bujupi

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  37. Personality clash with Serhiy Sydorchuk

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  38. He has started to want: Out, anywhere

    Mind

  39. Worried by competition from a new signing Ferris N'Goma

    Moderate
    Cause
    He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  40. Worried by competition from a new signing Alexandr Reiz

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  41. Personality clash with Thomas Van Den Keybus

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  42. Personality clash with Amos Mpanzu

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  43. Personality clash with Anton Demidov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  44. Personality clash with Karol Borys

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  45. Worried by competition from a new signing Brooklyn Ilunga

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  46. Personality clash with Jan Kosmalski

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  47. Fighting to save the manager's job

  48. Personality clash with Raf Smekens

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  49. Personality clash with Muhammed Gurbanmammedov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  50. Taking his young replacement under his wing Muhammed Gurbanmammedov

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.

  51. Personality clash with Fatihan Kâhya

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  52. Personality clash with Yilber Aponzá

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  53. Personality clash with Eliot Bujupi

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  54. Personality clash with Serhiy Sydorchuk

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  55. Weighing up retirement

    Minor
    Cause
    He is deep into the late stage of his career.; His playing role has shrunk sharply.

  56. Personality clash with Thomas Van Den Keybus

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  57. Personality clash with Ruan Robert

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  58. Personality clash with Amos Mpanzu

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  59. Personality clash with Karol Borys

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  60. He has made a formal demand: To finish on his own terms

    Mind

  61. Personality clash with Anosike Ementa

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  62. Personality clash with Jan Kosmalski

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  63. Personality clash with Raf Smekens

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  64. Fighting to save the manager's job

  65. Personality clash with Mathis Labro

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  66. Personality clash with Fatihan Kâhya

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  67. Personality clash with Serhiy Sydorchuk

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  68. Personality clash with Eliot Bujupi

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  69. Personality clash with Thomas Van Den Keybus

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  70. Personality clash with Ruan Robert

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  71. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  72. Personality clash with Amos Mpanzu

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  73. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $951.0K/y

  74. Personality clash with Karol Borys

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  75. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $951.0K/y
    Who
    Nascimento Manuel

  76. Personality clash with Anosike Ementa

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  77. Personality clash with Jan Kosmalski

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  78. He has made a formal demand: A settled future

    Mind

  79. Personality clash with Raf Smekens

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  80. Personality clash with Mathis Labro

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  81. Personality clash with Fatihan Kâhya

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  82. Given a personal development plan

  83. Personality clash with Eliot Bujupi

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  84. Personality clash with Serhiy Sydorchuk

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  85. Fighting to save the manager's job

  86. Worried by competition from a new signing Islam Mikhteev

    Moderate
    Cause
    A much younger rival has arrived in his position. He was already short on minutes before the signing arrived.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  87. Personality clash with Thomas Van Den Keybus

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  88. Personality clash with Ruan Robert

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  89. Protected from a rushed comeback by the medical staff

    Serious
    Cause
    The medical team are not yet ready to clear him for full minutes.

  90. Rotated out for this match

    Minor
    Chosen instead
    Raf Smekens was preferred — lower injury-risk profile.
    Cause
    He is being eased back from injury.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  91. Personality clash with Amos Mpanzu

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  92. Personality clash with Anton Demidov

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  93. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    His relationship with the manager has soured. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  94. Personality clash with Karol Borys

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  95. Praised by the manager

    Major
    Cause
    A supportive tone left him motivated to respond.

  96. Praised by the manager

    Major
    Cause
    A supportive tone left him motivated to respond.

  97. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  98. Personality clash with Anosike Ementa

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  99. Personality clash with Jan Kosmalski

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  100. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $951.0K/y

  101. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $951.0K/y

  102. Personality clash with Raf Smekens

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  103. Personality clash with Mathis Labro

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  104. Personality clash with Fatihan Kâhya

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  105. Personality clash with Eliot Bujupi

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  106. Personality clash with Serhiy Sydorchuk

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  107. Personality clash with Thomas Van Den Keybus

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  108. Personality clash with Ruan Robert

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  109. Personality clash with Amos Mpanzu

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Repeated incidents may damage dressing-room status.

  110. Squad status changed

  111. Asked the manager for a private conversation

    Moderate
    Cause
    His relationship with the manager has soured. Manager trust is low. He has already raised this with the manager recently.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.

  112. He has come to believe: Injuries have defined his career

    Mind

  113. He has said it out loud: A settled future

    Mind

  114. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $905.7K/y

  115. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $905.7K/y
    Who
    Nascimento Manuel

  116. He has said it out loud: To finish on his own terms

    Mind

  117. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $905.7K/y

  118. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $905.7K/y
    Who
    Papastathopulos Emmanouil

  119. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $905.7K/y

  120. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    1y · $905.7K/y
    Who
    Schmitt Markus

  121. He has started to want: His place back

    Mind

  122. He has said it out loud: A settled future

    Mind

  123. Contract renewal rejected

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $905.7K/y

  124. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $905.7K/y
    Who
    Schmitt Markus

  125. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $905.7K/y

  126. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    2y · $905.7K/y
    Who
    Meunier Charles

  127. Signed as a free agent

    Decision
    Movement
    Westerlo