Simon Boyata

Striker - Racing Genk
8 Jul 2029
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Marked for Simon Boyata

142 Edition

The Racing Genk Courier

16 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Apr 2029

Words exchanged at Racing Genk

Manu Sánchez 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.

Squad16 Apr 2029

A row about effort at Racing Genk

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yaimar Medina was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad16 Apr 2029

Racing Genk count the cost of losing Jelle Driessen

15 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

When it matters, Sem Steijn plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

Manu Sánchez 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.

Market16 Apr 2029

The Yumeki Yoshinaga question follows Racing Genk around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Yumeki Yoshinaga’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

The dugout16 Apr 2029

A door opens for Carlos Forbs

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market16 Apr 2029

Racing Genk put Romeo Vermant up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Romeo Vermant may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

Squad16 Apr 2029

Simon Boyata wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Racing Genk will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

In brief

Back issues
97 Edition

The Racing Genk Courier

5 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market5 Jun 2028

Terms done: Haissem Hassan is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Club Brugge waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Racing Genk is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market5 Jun 2028

Esteban Lepaul says no to Antwerp

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Esteban Lepaul had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2028

Racing Genk make their move for Crysencio Summerville

$22.6M on the table at Club Brugge. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2028

Door shut on Jason van Duiven

Racing Genk asked and Lommel said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2028

Racing Genk agree $500.0K for Jearl Margaritha

The clubs have shaken hands with Waasland-Beveren; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.

Market5 Jun 2028

Yaimar Medina wants more than Racing Genk are offering

“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.

Transfer targets5 Jun 2028

Racing Genk make their move for James Ndjeungoue

$740.0K on the table at KV Kortrijk. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Squad5 Jun 2028

A falling-out at Racing Genk

Yaimar Medina and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad5 Jun 2028

A row about effort at Racing Genk

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Haissem Hassan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief

95 Edition

The Racing Genk Courier

22 May 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Boardroom22 May 2028

Silverware for Racing Genk

They will talk about this season in this town for a long time. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route is already agreed.

Match22 May 2028

The view from the top for Racing Genk

60 points, and the rest of the division looking up. Every side that finishes first spends the season pretending it is not thinking about it, and this one has started pretending.

Market22 May 2028

Matías Vargas puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Racing Genk, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market22 May 2028

Yaimar Medina has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Racing Genk can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad22 May 2028

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.

Market22 May 2028

Simon Boyata steps up from the Racing Genk academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Simon 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.

Market22 May 2028

Racing Genk promote Thorgan De Ketelaere from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thorgan De Ketelaere 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.

Squad22 May 2028

A row about effort at Racing Genk

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ibrahima Sory Bangoura was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout22 May 2028

David Bates 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.

In brief