The RFC Liege Chronicle
Squad15 May 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Dylan Mertens
54 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. RFC Liege lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad15 May 2028
A falling-out at RFC Liege
Ayumu Yokoyama and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad15 May 2028
A row about effort at RFC Liege
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Momo Diaby was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad15 May 2028
Aymane Bargach signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Aymane Bargach commits to RFC Liege for another 4 years.
The dugout15 May 2028
Bryan Van Hove asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Match15 May 2028
Continental football is in reach for RFC Liege
54 points from position 5. The title is somebody else’s business and the drop is somebody else’s problem; what is left is the argument about passports.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes Pjotr Kestens a promise
- The dugout Ayumu Yokoyama keeps his manager's vote