From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Dec 2026
Whatever happens, Racing Genk do not lose
13 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match19 Dec 2026
8 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.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Dec 2026
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.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“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.
Match19 Dec 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
Whatever happens, Racing Genk do not lose
12 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match12 Dec 2026
7 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.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
“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.
Match12 Dec 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Zulte Waregem leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad14 Dec 2026
One booking too many, and Matte Smets sits out. Racing Genk lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Squad14 Dec 2026
3 goals and a season average of 7.21. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Player ratings14 Dec 2026
Shots: 4, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 33 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Match5 Dec 2026
Whatever happens, Racing Genk do not lose
11 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match5 Dec 2026
No end in sight to Racing Genk's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Racing Genk has to find a result from somewhere.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 26 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jusef Erabi, and the manager let it.
Match5 Dec 2026
Point won or two lost for Racing Genk?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Mouscron? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
Market7 Dec 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Zakaria El Ouahdi signs something — a contract at Racing Genk or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match28 Nov 2026
Whatever happens, Racing Genk do not lose
10 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Racing Genk's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Racing Genk has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Nov 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 ratings30 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.73, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Marked 8.15 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Defences have started doubling up on Mujaid Sadick
8 goals and a season average of 7.21 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
103% 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.
Loan watch30 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Vitesse to sit and watch. I want to come back to Racing Genk and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 15 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match21 Nov 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 9 matches without defeat is a foundation Racing Genk did not have in the autumn.
Match21 Nov 2026
4 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.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.69, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match21 Nov 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad23 Nov 2026
One booking too many, and Jusef Erabi sits out. Racing Genk lose him for the sort of avoidable reason that makes a manager's week longer.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Jusef Erabi leaves them behind him
Shots: 7. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Yira Sor knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Racing Genk, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match14 Nov 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Racing Genk did not have in the autumn.
Squad16 Nov 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 ratings16 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.75 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Bryan Heynen 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.
Match14 Nov 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad9 Nov 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match7 Nov 2026
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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Marked 8.26 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Roger Martí, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Nov 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.
Match31 Oct 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Racing Genk did not have in the autumn.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.95, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad2 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Hendrik Van Crombrugge, and the manager let it.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
103% 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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Hendrik Van Crombrugge knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Racing Genk, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Match31 Oct 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Defensive actions: 40, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 11 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match24 Oct 2026
3‑0, and Mujaid Sadick took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Racing Genk tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.26, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.20, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.84, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jusef Erabi, and the manager let it.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Racing Genk may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Mujaid Sadick was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
A defender's afternoon for Bryan Heynen
Defensive actions: 21. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Marked 9.10 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Match17 Oct 2026
It finished 2‑0, and it was Jusef Erabi’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Racing Genk.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Defensive actions: 20, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Vitesse to sit and watch. I want to come back to Racing Genk and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ibrahima Sory Bangoura, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
There were 7 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match10 Oct 2026
4 matches without a win for Racing Genk
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Racing Genk are no longer polite ones.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.81 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Yira Sor runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match10 Oct 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad5 Oct 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 ratings5 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.06, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
149% 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.
Loan watch5 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Charleroi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Racing Genk and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Matte Smets
“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.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
A performance of 8.80 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Match3 Oct 2026
It needed Mujaid Sadick to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against KV Mechelen, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Jusef Erabi leaves them behind him
Shots: 10. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match28 Sep 2026
7 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.90, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jusef Erabi, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Adrián Palacios commits to Racing Genk for another 4 years.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match26 Sep 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Standard Liege leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Shots: 8, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match19 Sep 2026
0‑3 to KAA Gent, 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Joris Kayembe: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Racing Genk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Yaimar Medina, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad21 Sep 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 ratings21 Sep 2026
Junya Ito runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Yaimar Medina
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match12 Sep 2026
5‑2, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 10.00, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.13, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A performance of 8.40 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jusef Erabi finally opens his account
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Racing Genk have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad14 Sep 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Racing Genk have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market14 Sep 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Zakaria El Ouahdi signs something — a contract at Racing Genk or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Bryan Heynen
“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.
Match5 Sep 2026
0‑1 to OH Leuven, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
133% 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Aaron Bibout 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Bryan Heynen. Racing Genk will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Shots: 6, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match26 Aug 2026
0‑1 against Lokeren, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Yira Sor
Marked 9.18 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tobias Lawal 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.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.08 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Racing Genk's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Racing Genk has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Aug 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 ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market24 Aug 2026
KV Kortrijk pay $190.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Match22 Aug 2026
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Marked 8.20 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jarne Steuckers
“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.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Junya Ito was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Jusef Erabi 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.
Match15 Aug 2026
KV Kortrijk left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Racing Genk dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Market17 Aug 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Zakaria El Ouahdi signs something — a contract at Racing Genk or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
5.53 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
5.68 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tobias Lawal has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad10 Aug 2026
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer from Mouscron for Adrián Palacios 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daan Heymans and Racing Genk agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Zakaria El Ouahdi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market10 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Vitesse have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Yari Vanderhallen. The answer from Racing Genk has not changed — yet.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“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.
Match8 Aug 2026
0‑1 to KV Oostende, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Yira Sor
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nobody left the Racing Genk dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Squad3 Aug 2026
Bryan Heynen has been here 11 seasons
252 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Yira Sor runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Hendrik Van Crombrugge and Racing Genk agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Racing Genk have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“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.
Match1 Aug 2026
0‑1 to Anderlecht, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market3 Aug 2026
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Racing Genk, another week without a signature from Joris Kayembe.