The RAAL La Louviere Post
Squad3 May 2027
A falling-out at RAAL La Louviere
Aimé Omgba and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 May 2027
Words at RAAL La Louviere training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Giovanni Haag 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.
Market3 May 2027
Hans Kompany steps up from the RAAL La Louviere academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Hans Kompany 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.
Market3 May 2027
One of our own: Leander Mignolet joins the RAAL La Louviere first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Leander Mignolet is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market3 May 2027
One of our own: Dries Lukaku joins the RAAL La Louviere first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dries Lukaku is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market3 May 2027
RAAL La Louviere promote Jason Onana from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jason Onana 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.
The dugout3 May 2027
Jordy Peffer gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout3 May 2027
A promise honoured for Djibril Lamego
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. RAAL La Louviere told Djibril Lamego something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout3 May 2027
Ilyes Ziani knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at RAAL La Louviere, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Aimé Omgba can feel the drop
- Squad Jordi Liongola wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout Owen Maës has been promised minutes