The Olympic Charleroi Courier
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Manory Vandenberghe: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Olympic Charleroi have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Luca Ferrara was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 26. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Nathan de Medina 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 Olympic Charleroi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 158% of everything Olympic Charleroi 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.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Mamadou Sakho
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mamadou Sakho, and the manager let it.
Match31 Oct 2026
Lommel take the points off Olympic Charleroi
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad2 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Olympic Charleroi
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jonás Ramalho was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market2 Nov 2026
Olympic Charleroi and Indy Boonen are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout2 Nov 2026
Dries Doku answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 0‑1, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Myung-jun Kim plays
- Looking ahead Indy Boonen goes back to face Lokeren-Temse
- Market The Indy Boonen question follows Olympic Charleroi around