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The Zulte Waregem Sentinel

31 Jan 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market31 Jan 2028

Enrique Lofolomo hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Zulte Waregem can pretend not to have heard.

Match31 Jan 2028

Zulte Waregem are top

43 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.

Player ratings31 Jan 2028

A brace, and Thomas Claes takes the afternoon — 8.21

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Thomas Claes provided it, and the 8.21 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match29 Jan 2028

Nobody wants to play Zulte Waregem right now

3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Ousseynou Niang in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zulte Waregem this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad31 Jan 2028

Words at Zulte Waregem training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thomas Claes is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Match29 Jan 2028

Zulte Waregem get the job done against Waasland-Beveren

A 3‑1 win over Waasland-Beveren, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Transfer targets31 Jan 2028

LOSC Lille tell Zulte Waregem: Jordan 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.

The terraces31 Jan 2028

The crowd has taken to Thomas Claes

At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.

In brief

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The Zulte Waregem Sentinel

22 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings22 Nov 2027

Ousseynou Niang runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Words exchanged at Zulte Waregem

Serxho Ujka and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Words at Zulte Waregem training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thomas Claes is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

Junior Sambia 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.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Maxime Libbenga signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maxime Libbenga commits to Zulte Waregem for another 5 years.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

Marley Aké dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

The dugout22 Nov 2027

Eden Doku on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Eden Doku after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

Squad22 Nov 2027

Junior Sambia suspended

One booking too many, and Junior Sambia sits out. Zulte Waregem lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.

Match20 Nov 2027

Zulte Waregem draw a blank against KV Mechelen

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. KV Mechelen defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief