The KV Oostende Post
Squad3 Aug 2026
Simon Lukaku keeps KV Oostende in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 12 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market3 Aug 2026
Youri Batshuayi raises the bar for KV Oostende
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at KV Oostende heard it as anything else.
Market3 Aug 2026
Adnan De Ketelaere puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at KV Oostende, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Charles Januzaj 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Charles Januzaj
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Michy De Bruyne 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 KV Oostende this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match1 Aug 2026
KV Oostende hit back inside 1 minutes
Lokeren held the lead for 1 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. KV Oostende answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
Match1 Aug 2026
Honours even between KV Oostende and Lokeren
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Youri Batshuayi knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Youri Batshuayi trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Alexandre Noël told to find a new club
- Market Experience through the door at KV Oostende
- Player ratings Off the bench and decisive: Radja Januzaj