The Westerlo Courier
Match12 Feb 2028
13 matches without a win for Westerlo
The run now stands at 13, and the questions being asked around Westerlo are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Feb 2028
Enzo Geerts is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Westerlo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words exchanged at Westerlo
Serhiy Sydorchuk 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.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Isa Sakamoto
“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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Toby Carrasco steps up from the Westerlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Toby Carrasco 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Westerlo promote Youri Mertens from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Youri Mertens 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.
Market14 Feb 2028
Nacer Boyata steps up from the Westerlo academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nacer Boyata 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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Words at Westerlo training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Rob Nizet 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 dugout14 Feb 2028
The manager’s verdict
“I am frustrated, honestly. We did enough to win and we did not win.” Jonathan Edwards was not hiding it after 0‑0, and nobody in the Westerlo dressing room was either.
In brief
- Squad Botond Balogh has to sit this one out
- Squad The formation has left Hamza Bouihrouchane behind
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Isa Sakamoto