Koen Van Langendonck has found his next football chapter. After a long period at Westerlo, the 36-year-old goalkeeper joins Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, where he will again fight for his place in Eerste Klasse B. Van Langendonck was out of contract at Westerlo, the club where he was under contract for 13 years. His last season in the Kempen was sportingly striking: in the Jupiler Pro League, he did not appear once. At Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, he now gets a new chance to show himself. Not as a name from the past, but as a goalkeeper who again enters a competitive struggle. Stijn Stijnen sees in Van Langendonck primarily a profile that brings more than just experience under the bar. “Koen brings experience and a winner's mentality to the locker room. He will enter the competition to play. If he is the best, that will also be the case.” The arrival of Van Langendonck fits into a period where Patro is looking forward again. The Limburgers missed promotion this season and were eliminated in the playoffs by Beerschot. Also for Beerschot, that trajectory ultimately ended in failure, because that team later lost to Lommel, the eventual promoted team. For Patro, the feeling remained that it was not enough. With Van Langendonck, the club of Stijnen now brings in a goalkeeper who knows what long seasons, locker room pressure and internal competition mean. The message is clear: reputation opens the door, performances must do the rest. Do you think Van Langendonck will be the first goalkeeper at Patro?