The KV Kortrijk Post
Squad17 May 2027
26 days out for Simon Van Lierde after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KV Kortrijk will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad17 May 2027
Words exchanged at KV Kortrijk
Toby Alderweireld and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market17 May 2027
KV Kortrijk promote Romelu Courtois from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Romelu Courtois 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.
Market17 May 2027
One of our own: Dedryck Hazard joins the KV Kortrijk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dedryck Hazard is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 May 2027
Thomas Courtois steps up from the KV Kortrijk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Courtois 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.
Market17 May 2027
KV Kortrijk promote Charles De Bruyne from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Charles De Bruyne 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.
Squad17 May 2027
KV Kortrijk lose Lenny Berte
30 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad17 May 2027
A row about effort at KV Kortrijk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and James Ndjeungoue was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout17 May 2027
Lennard Hens has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Lennard Hens has written the date down.
In brief
- The dugout Patrik Gunnarsson knocks on the manager's door
- The dugout Goduine Koyalipou keeps his manager's vote
- Loan watch Sixtus Ogbuehi watches his loan from the bench