The Racing Genk Courier
Market28 Dec 2026
Jeppe Erenbjerg 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 The request is on a desk at Racing Genk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Mujaid Sadick shuts the door
Defensive actions: 29, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match26 Dec 2026
7 unbeaten for Racing Genk
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Racing Genk did not have in the autumn.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Junya Ito 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 Racing Genk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Nikolas Sattlberger shuts the door
Defensive actions: 21, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Match26 Dec 2026
Racing Genk see off Lokeren
Three points for Racing Genk, 1‑0 the final word against Lokeren in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
95% of the income goes out in wages at Racing Genk
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Player ratings28 Dec 2026
Nobody could get near Junya Ito
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Ken Nkuba
“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.
In brief
- Player ratings Bryan Heynen shuts the door
- Squad Junya Ito is not enjoying his job description
- Squad Anthony Modeste asks for a word with the manager