The Mouscron Gazette
Squad2 Jul 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mousa De Bruyne
32 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Mouscron lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
Sint-Truiden tell Mouscron: Samed Baždar 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.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Juan José Rosa is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
An offer of $250.0K for Mamadou Balde
Mouscron have gone to Club Brugge with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad2 Jul 2029
A falling-out at Mouscron
Mathias Delorge and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Jul 2029
Christian Alderweireld signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Christian Alderweireld and Mouscron agree another 4 years.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
No hiding place for Sacha Ziani
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sacha Ziani, and the manager let it.
The dugout2 Jul 2029
Thomas Fellaini is still being punished for one mistake
Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.
Transfer targets2 Jul 2029
A loan move for Ilias Azaouagh is in the works
Mouscron have made the call to Feyenoord. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
In brief
- Market Mouscron sign Yehor Rudenko, one for the future
- Boardroom Intake day at the Mouscron academy
- The dugout Kevin Mertens gets picked when it counts