Yannick Bolasie’s loan move to Anderlecht from Everton was remarkably not completed until 43 seconds before the transfer window shut, according to HLN.
The Belgian newspaper report on their back page today (Friday, 1 February) that the temporary move of the winger went as close to the wire as it was almost possible to go.
The 29-year-old spent the evening in Brussels undergoing a medical and finalising terms on a deal until the end of the season. It was announced on the official Anderlecht media channels at 11.06am.
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Prêté au #RSCA pour six mois.
Voor zes maanden uitgeleend aan RSC Anderlecht.NL ?? https://t.co/JhDvhA5IJZ
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OPINION
That’s what you might term a ‘close call’. There were 10 January loan exits in total from Everton, with Bolasie the headline departure in a blizzard of exits on deadline day. He terminated his season-long loan at Aston Villa earlier in the window, but it became clear that Marco Silva did not see a way back into the first team for the player signed from Crystal Palace for £25million in the summer of 2016. Of all the many big-money Everton signings of the Farhad Moshiri era, none represent worse value than Bolasie. A dreadful knee injury robbed his career of a year, but either side of that he has never convinced that he can be a key man at Goodison Park. The wide man is super-quick, and loves nothing more than to show off his wide array of skills, but his maverick tendencies don’t work with a manager like Silva, who likes to know what he is getting from his first teamers. Don’t expect Bolasie to play again for Everton while the Portugese is at the helm.