The RAAL La Louviere Post
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
Pressure builds in the RAAL La Louviere boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
RAAL La Louviere bid $1.8M for Diego Da Silva Sousa
The offer went to Standard Liege this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
RAAL La Louviere baulk at the price for Tom Vandenberghe
Club Brugge wanted more than $2.2M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Market24 Jul 2028
RAAL La Louviere get their man
The chase for Cedric Hatenboer ended with $1.3M changing hands and Anderlecht out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Transfer targets24 Jul 2028
Sint-Truiden tell RAAL La Louviere: Jarno De Smet is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market24 Jul 2028
Lois Mignolet steps up from the RAAL La Louviere academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lois Mignolet 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
RAAL La Louviere promote Thomas Mertens from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Thomas 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.
Market24 Jul 2028
RAAL La Louviere promote Simon Doku from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Simon Doku 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.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words at RAAL La Louviere training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thierry Lutonda 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.
In brief
- The dugout Joël Ito has become a man the manager trusts
- Squad The formation has left Cedric Hatenboer behind
- The dugout Bryan Soumaré asks for a word with the manager