The KV Oostende Post
Squad27 Aug 2029
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jason Vertonghen
20 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. KV Oostende lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Augusto Batalla keeps KV Oostende in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings27 Aug 2029
Niklas Neumann runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 27. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Tempers go at KV Oostende
Dries De Bruyne 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.
Squad27 Aug 2029
Words at KV Oostende training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Nainggolan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Market27 Aug 2029
No place for Tòfol Montiel in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Tòfol Montiel has his answer from KV Oostende; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Match25 Aug 2029
No goals between KV Oostende and KV Mechelen
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. KV Mechelen will be the happier side with the point.
Market27 Aug 2029
The shop window has Johan Martial in it
KV Oostende have let the market know Johan Martial can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Market27 Aug 2029
Lois Carrasco leaves for nothing
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Lois Carrasco leaves KV Oostende the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
In brief
- Market Timothy Witsel leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The KV Oostende production line keeps running
- The terraces The press cannot get enough of Augusto Batalla