The Charleroi Gazette
Squad26 Apr 2027
Words exchanged at Charleroi
Carlos Forbs 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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Enric Llansana 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 dugout26 Apr 2027
When it matters, Patrick Pflücke plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
Market26 Apr 2027
The Aiham Ousou story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Aiham Ousou signs something — a contract at Charleroi or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
The manager makes Antoine Bernier a promise
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Charleroi. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Martin Delavallée 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.
The dugout26 Apr 2027
Patrick Pflücke keeps his manager's vote
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Patrick Pflücke plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Maximiliano Caufriez is the talk of the training ground
Sharpest man there all week, by every account. It is the quietest line on this page and it usually runs the week before somebody’s run in the side begins.
Match26 Apr 2027
Mid-table, and Charleroi know it
Position 12 on 32 points, with the season drifting toward the summer. It is the safest place in football and the hardest one to sell a season ticket from.
In brief
- Squad Tom Tomassetti back in training
- Loan watch Amine Boukamir's loan at Cercle Brugge nearly up