The start of the winter transfer window is very lively at KV Kortrijk. At the start of the week, the Kerels continued their cleaning and have just said goodbye to a new attacker.
Kortrijk already came close to relegation last season. The Kerels ultimately remained in the top flight after winning their play-off against Lommel, having had a much better end to the season under Freyr Alexandersson.
To avoid reliving such a scenario, Kortrijk had been quite active in the summer, and had notably loaned Roko Simic, a Cardiff striker estimated at 6 million euros upon his arrival.
The expectations around him were enormous, especially at a club like KV Kortrijk. However, after three small rises in the game and a single start, his adventure in Belgium is already over.
The Flanders club announced that Roko Simic is returning prematurely to Cardiff City, who is not satisfied with his playing time in the Pro League. His market value is already only estimated at 3.5 million euros, according to Transfermarkt.
The KVK has already done a lot of cleaning since the start of winter. Defender Ryotaro Tsunoda is back at the club, on loan from… Cardiff, Mouhamed Gueye signed from Rapid Vienna, while Tomoki Takamine returned to Japan, as did Takuro Kaneko. Finally, Kristiyan Malinov left for Debrecen, Hungary.
