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The KV Kortrijk Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

KV Kortrijk taken apart

1‑6 to Club Brugge, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

Market

Abdoul Diop says no to ASO Chlef

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

Boardroom

KV Kortrijk close the window on a squad of their own making

6 in and 10 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.

Market

KV Kortrijk say no — this time

The offer from Mouscron for Ilan Hurtevent was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Match

Mousa Kompany among the goals in a wild afternoon

7 goals in one match, Mousa Kompany on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of KV Kortrijk and Club Brugge.

Squad

Goduine Koyalipou falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Thomas Delaine

“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.

Squad

Beaten 6 times: a bad day for Marko Ilić

5 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.

Boardroom

Doors closed at KV Kortrijk

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The KV Kortrijk Post

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

KV Kortrijk turn down Smouha for Sixtus Ogbuehi

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings

Shandre Campbell beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets

Too dear: KV Kortrijk walk away from Laurent Jans

$320.0K was the most the club would pay and Waasland-Beveren were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Squad

Goduine Koyalipou falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Transfer targets

Sint-Truiden tell KV Kortrijk: Alouis Diriken 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.

Squad

Mousa Kompany in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at KV Kortrijk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Eyes on Ilan Hurtevent again

The phone has started ringing about Ilan Hurtevent again, and this time the name on the line is Mouscron. KV Kortrijk are listening politely and promising nothing.

Match

Goduine Koyalipou sends KV Kortrijk past Standard Liege

It finished 1‑0, and it was Goduine Koyalipou’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to KV Kortrijk.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Goduine Koyalipou

A mark of 7.95, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

In brief