Zakaria Bakkali may be able to make a surprising transfer to China. The Asian country is interested in the 25-year-old former PSV player, who has been completely out of the picture at RSC Anderlecht for several months.
According to The last news an unnamed Chinese club has reported to Anderlecht for Bakkali. That is somewhat striking, since the former top talent has been wasting time in the B-squad of . for months now Purple-White. Bakkali nevertheless only wants to leave when a club takes over its annual salary of 1.2 million euros in full.
Bakkali was known at PSV as a top talent, but he was never able to fulfill that promise. The attacker left Eindhoven through the back door, after which an adventure at Valencia ended in failure. Anderlecht gave him the chance in 2018, but he is now also languishing at the Belgian top club. Coach Vincent Kompany has not yet called on him this season.
Update: Anderlecht have not yet been released from Bakkali and his top salary: according to Het Nieuwsblad, the former PSV player has thanked him for a transfer to the unnamed Chinese club, which was interested. Bakkali will run out of his contract after this season and will bet on a transfer, but would rather continue to play football in Europe.
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