The KAA Gent Herald
Market19 Feb 2029
Siebe Van der Heyden 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 The request is on a desk at KAA Gent, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Feb 2029
Gyano Vanderdonck 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 KAA Gent this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets19 Feb 2029
Anderlecht tell KAA Gent: Nikola Ivezić is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Match17 Feb 2029
KAA Gent get the job done against Dender
A 2‑0 win over Dender, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market19 Feb 2029
KAA Gent promote Adnan Januzaj from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adnan Januzaj has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Feb 2029
Michy Fellaini steps up from the KAA Gent academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michy Fellaini has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Feb 2029
One of our own: Leander Fellaini joins the KAA Gent first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leander Fellaini is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Tiago Araújo was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. 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.
Player ratings19 Feb 2029
Jamie Donley was the difference for KAA Gent
Marked 7.75. Ask anyone leaving the ground what settled it and you will get one name, which is the only award that has ever really counted.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout No hiding place for Matties Volckaert
- The dugout Abdelkahar Kadri knocks on the manager’s door