The Mouscron Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Anderlecht come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Mouscron did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vizela join the queue for Charles Januzaj
Add another name to the list: Vizela have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Charles Januzaj. The answer from Mouscron has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Philippe Picard signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Philippe Picard commits to Mouscron for another 3 years.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Zinho Batshuayi
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Business is business: Christian Carrasco goes
Racing Genk paid $1.1M 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Mouscron
Philippe Picard 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Mouscron training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mousa Openda 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Lois Carrasco
At 17 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Mousa Openda
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Match Mouscron get the job done against OH Leuven
- Player ratings A masterclass from Philippe Picard
- Market Michy Mignolet told to find a new club