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BY DANIEL NHAKANISO
He could have made eight insignificant appearances for the Belgian Pro League soccer team Anderlecht, scoring just one goal since his big move in July 2018, but Warriors captain Knowledge Musona (pictured) is the fourth player. highest paid Brussels club win in USA USA $ 1 million annually.
The 29-year-old Zimbabwean international hitman will finally end his nightmare season in Anderlecht after the new manager of the Belgian team, Franky Vercauteren, reportedly transferred him last week.
This season, Musona limited herself to a single reserve team for the record 34-time Belgian league champions before sealing a loan changeover to Belgian teammate KAS Eupen during the January transfer period in search of regular playing time.
Musona flourished on loan at KAS Eupen, scoring two goals in six starts at his new club, before the coronavirus pandemic halted the season.
Although Anderlecht considered Musona’s surplus to be a requirement, they are still paying a portion of his salary, which Standardport can disclose in the amount of € 950,000.
(US $ 1,09623) gross per year excluding bonds.
Musona, who has a contract with Anderlecht until July 2022, has already earned close to € 2 million (US $ 2,191,766.29) despite not having the opportunity to prove himself at the club.
Indeed, the Belgian Pro League club will continue to pay ex-Kaizer Chiefs in advance around € 80,000 per month ($ 87,670.65), until it finds a new club.
According to the Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, who compiled the list of the highest earners in Anderlecht last week, Musona is fourth on the club’s salary list.
The highest-earning player at Anderlecht is French midfielder Adrien Trebel, who takes in 2.61 million euros gross per year followed by Bosnian defender Ognjen Vranjes (€ 1.28 million), while Swedish striker Isaac Kiese-Thelin He is third with an annual salary of € 1.17 million.
Zimbabwe captain Musona is fourth with € 950,000 a year, while his former KV Oostende teammate Antonio Milic pocketed € 840,000 a year despite struggling to impact Anderlecht.
26-year-old Croatian defender Milic joined Anderlecht of KV Oostende at the same time as Musona, but also struggled to get playing time at the club before completing a loan move to Spanish club Rayo Vallecano.
According to the Belgian media outlet Voetbal24, the duo of Musona and Milic along with Kenny Saief, Kristal Abazaj, Aristote Nkaka, Trebel and Vranjes have been instructed to find new clubs before the new season after consulting with technical staff.
Mike Makaab, an agent for Musport in South Africa at Prosport International, admitted that his client may be leaving the Brussels club despite not having received an official communication from Anderlecht.
“No, we have not received any official announcement that he has been included in the transfer list. But listen, it is clear that he does not figure in the plans of the new coach (Vercauteren) and the philosophy of the club,” Makaab said.
“The club’s philosophy is to promote young players through its development system. Knowledge had gone very well for him in Eupen, although he only played six games before the league was suspended and then finished. In that time, he scored two goals and got two assists. “Basically we are going to sit down with Anderlecht to chart the way forward for him.”
Musona, who still has two years remaining on his contract with the Belgian team, recently hinted that he could move to KAS Eupen permanently upon the conclusion of the Belgian Pro League, which was recently interrupted and declared due to the coronavirus pandemic. .
“Yes, it is only a loan until the end of the season. But we never know,” Musona told the Belgian newspaper L’Avenir Sport recently.
He added: “The two clubs could sit at the table and discuss a transfer. In football, you never know what can and cannot happen. It all starts with the effort we put into the field. Subsequently, the decision is made in the offices. We’ll see…”
Musona has been playing in Europe since 2011 when he left the Chiefs to join Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga.
The Zimbabwean has also played for FC Augsburg in the Bundesliga, as well as for Belgian teams KV Oostende and KSC Lokeren.
