The Standard Liege Gazette
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Standard Liege
Grejohn Kyei 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Standard Liege come up short against Union SG
Union SG left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Mohammed El Hankouri falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Youri Onana: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Bernard Nguene 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Bookings catch up with Ibrahim Karamoko
One yellow too many, and a match watched from the stand. The most avoidable absence in football, and Standard Liege will feel it on Saturday.
Market9 Nov 2026
Daan Dierckx is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Standard Liege has been clear about where Daan Dierckx stands, which is more than many ever get.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
Standard Liege pick somebody else ahead of Salieu Drammeh
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
The dugout9 Nov 2026
No place in the plan for Anthony Modeste
The manager wanted a different profile for this opponent, which is a real football reason and no consolation. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.
In brief
- Squad Bernard Nguene: “I am not a substitute”
- Player ratings Mohammed El Hankouri was unplayable
- Player ratings The whistle followed Ibrahim Karamoko around