Who says end of year, says end of year review. Club by club, Walfoot issues its report cards.
Colin Coosemans : 8,5
Not far from being top of the class, even if he waited a long time for his time – which earned him less than a near-perfect mark. Colin Coosemans is the unexpected hero of the Mauves’ 2024-2025 season, but no one was betting a cent on him at the end of last season.
Since then, he has led Fredberg not to replace Schmeichel, a big risk paying off so far. Coosemans was perhaps the best goalkeeper in Pro League for several months this season, and that is down to his hard work alone.
Mads Kikkenborg: 4
Severe to fail him since he was barely able to pass his exams. But Kikkenborg did not exude confidence either during his only appearance in the Cup against the amateurs of Tubize-Braine. A semi-flop that won’t last long.
Ludwig Augustinsson: 6.5
If his entire year had been up to the first 6 months of 2024, the Swede would have deserved the Greatest Distinction for the way he established himself on the left flank. An injury has now left him behind Moussa N’diaye in the pecking order.
Moussa N’diaye: 7.5
The race is almost the opposite of Augustinsson, with an increase in power since this season. The Senegalese took full advantage of his competitor’s injury to win, but still has serious work to do for 2025 on both defensive and statistical levels.
Jan Vertonghen: 5
A year rotten by injuries for the captain of the Mauves, but his first five months of 2024 were very high-flying. Without that damn achilles tendon, he would perhaps take Anderlecht to the title, before experiencing one last Euro worthy of the name.
But he who was so afraid of living the season too long experienced a nightmarish second half of the year, which earned him a very lackluster rating. Fortunately for him, he finally seems to have recovered and 2025 will now have to be better.
Jan-Carlo Simic : 9
Jesper Fredberg will at least have pulled off a superb coup before leaving: Jan-Carlo Simic is THE satisfaction of this season, a real boss who will bring big returns to Mauve & Blanc in the future.
Zeno Debast : 7,5
A rating over 6 months only: solid last season but unable to play the leader who was missing after Jan Vertonghen’s injury, he needed to leave the RSCA and did so, bringing in big returns for his training club.
Loop: 2
Almost the attendance mark, but an indefensible record for the one who was supposed to bring stability to the defense of RSC Anderlecht. A total casting error that shouldn’t last long at Lotto Park.
Killian Sardella : 9
He only owes his absence due to injury to not coming close to 10: Killian Sardella is our Mauve of the year. Having become the Red Devil, Sardella is an example for all the young people of Neerpede who experienced difficulties in their beginnings.
Thomas Foket : 5
His first months and his first performances would have earned him a failing grade, but Thomas Foket gradually gained pace in the absence of Sardella. Insufficient to take its place in the medium term, but a little reassuring.
Mats Rits : 5,5
Absolutely disastrous first six months, and even more: until the dismissal of Brian Riemer, it was double sure for one of the most inadequate Mauves in the core. But David Hubert’s Mats Rits is another man and saves his year.
Leander Dendoncker : 4
A real disaster on all levels: sporting, but also in attitude, which is not what some were hoping for when they saw a Red Devil veteran of the Premier League arrive. We probably expected too much but even with lukewarm expectations like ours, Dendoncker is a big disappointment.
Majeed Ashimeru : 5
On alternating current, physical requirements, Ashimeru remains in the hearts of supporters and many are convinced that he is the missing link in the midfield, this dynamic box-to-box which is so lacking. We’re waiting to see, but a departure seems more plausible.
Amadou Diawara: /
Zero rating for absenteeism.
Theo Leoni: 7
The student full of good will, smarter than average and who we imagine to be the perfect class representative, but who has a little difficulty in achieving good results. Capable of the best but also of somewhat dull matches, and above all not enough of a starter to get the grade that his outbursts should earn him.
Mario Stroeykens : 8,5
The phenomenal scale taken under David Hubert should not make us forget the somewhat timid Playoffs during which he failed to carry the team. But Stroeykens is clearly one of the Mauves of the year, and has the potential to be THE Mauve of 2025.
Yari Verschaeren : 3
Harsh to put him less than Dendoncker, probably, but it’s Verschaeren’s year as a whole that makes him one of the huge disappointments of 2024 at Lotto Park. To the point where we saw him being cited at Westerlo, and when we are even considering having him change establishments, it is because the school no longer even perceives the student’s potential…
Anders Dreyer : 7,5
Those who are calling for his departure or feel that he does not deserve to be so important in Hubert’s eyes this season have certainly forgotten where Sporting would have been last season without his goals and assists. Well below this season, it is true.
Francis Amuzu : 6.5
The eternal hope, number 2, but unlike Verschaeren, Francis Amuzu has at least taken a step forward at one point in his career. He remains connected to alternating current but it is more linked to a physical condition which prevents him from continuing.
Samuel Edozie : 5
A few arabesques, a few accelerations… but nothing worth being valued at 8 million euros. An inconclusive loan for the moment, which goes a little under the radar of critics but perhaps deserves to be singled out a little more.
Nilson Angle: 4.5
Is a good match worth still seeing him as a player worthy of the A team? Not really.
Luis Vazquez: 3
The child whose parents assure us is gifted, but who instead gives the impression of having been moved up a grade too quickly. Simply insufficient for the amount spent.
Kasper Dolberg: 8
When he’s not in it, he’s invisible – but this sentence applies to many 9s. It’s true that Dolberg doesn’t know how to make the difference alone in a difficult match, but his class and his sense of goal are rare in D1A , if not unique.
