The Racing Genk Courier
Squad26 Jul 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Aaron Bibout
21 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Racing Genk lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
Dries Mignolet signs on for the long haul
Racing Genk moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Dries Mignolet, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Racing Genk
Kevin Amaro 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.
Transfer targets26 Jul 2027
An offer of $99.0K for Simon Mignolet
Racing Genk have gone to Club Brugge with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom26 Jul 2027
7 academy graduates step up at Racing Genk
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Market26 Jul 2027
RKC Waalwijk watching Myung-jun Kim
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Racing Genk have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market26 Jul 2027
One of our own: Dries Fellaini joins the Racing Genk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dries Fellaini is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Jul 2027
Racing Genk promote Yannick Mignolet from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yannick Mignolet 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.
Market26 Jul 2027
Racing Genk promote Axel Fellaini from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Axel Fellaini 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Adrián Palacios counts the days
- The dugout Junya Ito gets picked when it counts
- The dugout Kevin Amaro asks for a word with the manager