The Mouscron Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Mouscron say no — this time
The offer from FC Nantes for Jason Witsel 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Timothy Kompany asks to leave Mouscron
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Lois Mignolet attracts admirers
The name of Lois Mignolet has come up in conversations Mouscron were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market3 Aug 2026
Kevin Chadli raises the bar for Mouscron
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Mouscron heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kevin Chadli 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 Mouscron this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match1 Aug 2026
Mouscron get the job done against Zulte Waregem
A 1‑0 win over Zulte Waregem, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Thomas Bernard at his very best
Marked 8.24. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Mouscron.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Romelu Nainggolan runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kevin Chadli 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 Kevin Chadli trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Squad Thomas Bernard finally opens his account
- Squad Leander Hazard falls out with a teammate over standards
- The terraces Supporters make their feelings known about Lois Mignolet