The Lokeren Chronicle
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Romelu Witsel
Successful dribbles: 47. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match26 Aug 2026
Lokeren bow out of the cup
Racing Genk go through and Lokeren go home, 1‑3 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Market31 Aug 2026
Lokeren say no — this time
The offer from KAA Gent for Christian Onana was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market31 Aug 2026
Raymond Charles asks to leave Lokeren
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Christian Onana 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Timothy Meunier 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Thomas Mignolet
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Thomas Mignolet, and the manager let it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Michy Lukaku has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Lokeren will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Match29 Aug 2026
Lokeren draw a blank against OH Leuven
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. OH Leuven defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
In brief
- Market The shop window has Romelu Tielemans in it
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Dries Witsel
- Player ratings Charles Doku ran the game