The Westerlo Courier
Match26 Aug 2026
Westerlo bow out of the cup
RAAL La Louviere go through and Westerlo go home, 1‑4 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
Match29 Aug 2026
Chastening afternoon for Westerlo
A 0‑3 beating by Standard Liege was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
A cup hiding at RAAL La Louviere leaves Westerlo explaining themselves
1-4, and long before the end the away end had switched from encouragement to something considerably more pointed. Nobody rings a phone-in about losing narrowly.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
No sign of nerves from Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni at 19 — 8.22
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni did not need any: 8.22, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Westerlo
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market31 Aug 2026
Thom van Bergen arrives at Westerlo in a $3.1M statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Westerlo have paid $3.1M for Thom van Bergen, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Market31 Aug 2026
Oskar Annell hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Westerlo can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
České Budějovice come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Westerlo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Westerlo spend $3.1M on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $3.1M for Thom van Bergen, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
In brief
- Transfer targets Westerlo rebuffed over Vladislav Torop
- Squad A falling-out at Westerlo
- The terraces One of their own: Naoufal Bohamdi-Kamoni