The Westerlo Courier
Market23 Aug 2027
Arno Van Keilegom asks to leave Westerlo
“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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Westerlo come up short against KAA Gent
KAA Gent left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Théo Defourny signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Théo Defourny commits to Westerlo for another 1 years.
Loan watch23 Aug 2027
Oskar Annell wants to come home
“I did not go to Waasland-Beveren to sit and watch. I want to come back to Westerlo and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad23 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Arthur Tchaptchet
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Thomas Van Den Keybus knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Westerlo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces23 Aug 2027
The spotlight tightens on Andreas Jungdal
Every touch is being weighed now, in print and everywhere else. Some players grow into that and some are quietly ruined by it, and nobody knows which in advance.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Reda Laalaoui is off the mark for Westerlo
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market23 Aug 2027
Robin Mantel placed on the list
Westerlo have made Robin Mantel available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
In brief
- The terraces The press have found their man in Reda Laalaoui
- Market Shunsuke Saito leaves on loan