Adnan Doku

Striker - Mouscron U20
4 Sep 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Adnan Doku

5 Edition

The Mouscron Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Yannick Batshuayi

There were 20 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Match

Mouscron run riot against Standard Liege

7‑3, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Squad

Adnan Doku damages knee ligaments — 15 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 15 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Match

Nacer Boyata sends Mouscron through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Nacer Boyata obliged against Club Brugge. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is Mouscron.

Market

Nacer Boyata has said yes to FC Nantes

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Mouscron have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Mouscron turn down Club Brugge for Didier Charpentier

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

A brace, and Nacer Boyata takes the afternoon — 8.90

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Nacer Boyata provided it, and the 8.90 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

Business is business: Thorgan Onana goes

Charleroi paid $7.9M and Mouscron took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Market

Business is business: Jason Castagne goes

Willem II paid $5.9M and Mouscron took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Mouscron Gazette

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Thorgan Onana was unplayable

Successful dribbles: 38. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.

Squad

A knee injury of the worst kind for Adnan Doku

23 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.

Market

Mouscron say no — this time

The offer from Sint-Truiden for Yannick Batshuayi 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.

Market

So close: Kevin Castagne’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Westerlo moved on, Kevin Castagne reports back to Mouscron, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

Market

Simon Vertonghen hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Mouscron can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Eyes on Thorgan Onana again

The phone has started ringing about Thorgan Onana again, and this time the name on the line is Charleroi. Mouscron are listening politely and promising nothing.

Transfer targets

Thibault Vlietinck due for a Mouscron medical

Everything agreed with OH Leuven, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

Tempers go at Mouscron

Zayd El Kandoussi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Transfer targets

Mouscron rebuffed over Dirk Asare

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Zulte Waregem have kept their man, and Mouscron go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

In brief