The Standard Liege Gazette
Match26 Aug 2026
The small margins put Standard Liege out
Out, 2‑2 to Westerlo, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Mohammed El Hankouri beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 31. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oumar Diouf says no to Sigma Olomouc
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Oumar Diouf had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market31 Aug 2026
Abdelkahar Kadri is a Standard Liege player
The fee is $7.7M, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. KAA Gent drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Lucas Pirard keeps Standard Liege in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Westerlo tell Standard Liege: Doğucan Haspolat is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Standard Liege baulk at the price for Keano Vanrafelghem
KV Mechelen wanted more than $3.9M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market31 Aug 2026
Daan Dierckx 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 The request is on a desk at Standard Liege, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Vintage Kévin Bérigaud — 7.91
At 38 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 7.91, and nobody on the pitch better.
In brief
- Market Standard Liege turn down Charleroi for Alexandro Calut
- Squad A falling-out at Standard Liege
- The dugout No hiding place for Sylvester Jasper