The Lokeren Chronicle
Market24 Aug 2026
Jason Hazard 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 The request is on a desk at Lokeren, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nacer Courtois runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Michy Kompany 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 Lokeren this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market24 Aug 2026
St. Gallen watching Thomas Mertens
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Lokeren have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match22 Aug 2026
Lokeren come up short against Zulte Waregem
Zulte Waregem left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Thomas Mertens
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market24 Aug 2026
Kevin Doku is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Lokeren has been clear about where Kevin Doku stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market24 Aug 2026
Experience through the door at Lokeren
Quirin Moll arrives at 36 with nothing left to prove and plenty left to pass on. Legs are a young man's currency; knowing where to stand never ages.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Toby Fellaini keeps on missing
Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
In brief
- Player ratings A day to forget for Eden Mertens
- Squad A season on the outside for Quirin Moll
- Squad Somebody is after Axel De Bruyne’s shirt