Toby Witsel

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7 Sep 2026
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Marked for Toby Witsel

5 Edition

The KAA Gent Herald

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match26 Aug 2026

Wouter George sends KAA Gent through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Wouter George obliged against Zulte Waregem. 1‑0 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is KAA Gent.

Market31 Aug 2026

KAA Gent turn down HNK Rijeka for Max Dean

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

Squad31 Aug 2026

Atsuki Ito 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.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Tibe De Vlieger runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Leonardo Lopes falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Wouter George stands above it all

Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.30 on the card, and the KAA Gent support went home talking about one name.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

The afternoon belonged to Abdelkahar Kadri

A mark of 6.92, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Maksim Paskotši dropped after a run of poor form

The one version of being left out a player cannot argue with, and the one he takes worst. Somebody else has been better and the team sheet says so, in public, every week until it changes.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Dries Mertens asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The KAA Gent Herald

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Aimé Omgba runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 41. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market10 Aug 2026

KAA Gent say no — this time

The offer from Westerlo for Davy Roef 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Monaco join the queue for Momodou Sonko

Add another name to the list: Monaco have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Momodou Sonko. The answer from KAA Gent has not changed — yet.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Davy Roef signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Davy Roef commits to KAA Gent for another 3 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at KAA Gent

Davy Roef 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

KAA Gent sign Toby Witsel, one for the future

Toby Witsel is 19, and KAA Gent have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.

Match8 Aug 2026

KAA Gent see off Zulte Waregem

Three points for KAA Gent, 1‑0 the final word against Zulte Waregem in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Leonardo Lopes falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nothing got past Siebe Van der Heyden

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 19 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

In brief

2 Edition

The Lokeren Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Both of them Vinícius Farias's — 7.94

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 7.94, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market10 Aug 2026

Vitesse come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Lokeren did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Timothy Lukaku

Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market10 Aug 2026

Lokeren sell Toby Witsel for $2.0M

Toby Witsel has left for KAA Gent in a $2.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Christian Kompany signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Christian Kompany commits to Lokeren for another 5 years.

Market10 Aug 2026

Lokeren sell Eden De Ketelaere for $1.4M

Eden De Ketelaere has left for PSV in a $1.4M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Timothy Lukaku 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 Lokeren this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market10 Aug 2026

Business is business: Simon Mignolet goes

KV Oostende paid $830.0K and Lokeren took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Match8 Aug 2026

Vinícius Farias the difference as Lokeren beat KV Kortrijk

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Vinícius Farias. 3‑2 against KV Kortrijk, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief