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Uneasy
Squad8 Nov 2027
A one-man rearguard from Maxim Deman
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match6 Nov 2027
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Waasland-Beveren are no longer polite ones.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Laurent Jans gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” David Voûte commits to Waasland-Beveren for another 3 years.
Loan watch8 Nov 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Waasland-Beveren , and 3 appearances in 18 say he has earned the hearing.
Match6 Nov 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market16 Aug 2027
The paperwork is done: Doğucan Haspolat joins from Westerlo in a deal worth $3.8M. Now comes the harder part.
Match14 Aug 2027
Westerlo made Waasland-Beveren work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Ferre Slegers Ferre Slegers says Waasland-Beveren went back on their word
Squad16 Aug 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Lukas Cakoni commits to Waasland-Beveren for another 4 years.
Squad16 Aug 2027
Viktor Boone has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Viktor Boone keeps the shirt for now, at Waasland-Beveren 's convenience rather than his own.
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Uneasy
Match31 Jul 2027
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Waasland-Beveren are no longer polite ones.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Laurent Jans gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match31 Jul 2027
It finished 4-4, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Viktor Boone finally opens his accountHe wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Waasland-Beveren have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Uneasy
Loan watch10 May 2027
“I did not go to Westerlo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Waasland-Beveren and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad10 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Paulin Puel
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad10 May 2027
Jearl Margaritha asks for a word with the manager“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Match25 Jan 2027
Position 15, 20 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market25 Jan 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market25 Jan 2027
“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.
Chris Lokesa Waasland-Beveren turn down KV Mechelen for Chris Lokesa
Match23 Jan 2027
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Waasland-Beveren are no longer polite ones.
Squad25 Jan 2027
83 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market25 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Waasland-Beveren have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match23 Jan 2027
Beaten 2-3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad25 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Viktor Boone
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
Wages eat 92% of everything Waasland-Beveren earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
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Uneasy
Match5 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Waasland-Beveren 's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Waasland-Beveren has to find a result from somewhere.
Market7 Sep 2026
“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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A season average of 7.01 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Waasland-Beveren know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
251% of the income goes out in wages at Waasland-Beveren
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Viktor Boone
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad7 Sep 2026
14 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
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Uneasy
Market10 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Waasland-Beveren did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Chris Lokesa and Waasland-Beveren agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Chris Lokesa
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market10 Aug 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Viktor Boone 's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Match8 Aug 2026
A 1-1 draw with Westerlo leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.