{"id":12422,"date":"2026-04-21T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12422\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T10:10:09","slug":"south-africans-abroad-mailula-faces-bleak-future-in-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/12422\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africans Abroad: Mailula faces bleak future in Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Bafana Bafana attacker Cassius Mailula is facing an uncertain future at Belgian side KV Kortrijk.<\/p>\n

Mailula is currently on loan at Kortrijk from Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit Toronto FC.<\/p>\n

However, to date, he has found the going tough with just three appearances to his name since his arrival.<\/p>\n

Now, with Kortrijk set to return to top flight football following their promotion, major changes to the squad are expected.<\/p>\n

And Mailula could be affected given his lack of regular game time so far this season.<\/p>\n

His situation became worse and personally affected him after losing his brother in February this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mailula\u2019s agent, Karabo Tshabuse of P Management told SABC Sport<\/a> that the player\u2019s future with Kortrijk is yet to be discussed.<\/p>\n

SOUTH AFRICANS ABROAD: MAILULA COULD LEAVE KV KORTRIJK<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two clubs are still to review, given that the loan deal only ends at the end of the season,\u201d said Tshabuse.<\/p>\n

REGRETS OR NO REGRETS?<\/p>\n

Mailula was, at one stage, one of the finest talents on the African continent while he was still with Sundowns.<\/p>\n

He left the Brazilians for Toronto FC, and at the time, Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos was very critical of the move.<\/p>\n

Broos was later vindicated as Mailula struggled in his first season before being loaned out to Wydad Athletic Club.<\/p>\n

At 24, Mailula should be playing regularly, and perhaps there is an element of regret on his part given that he was on the rise whilst on the books of Sundowns.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the situation is regretful in the sense that Bafana Bafana are going to the FIFA World Cup in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Bafana Bafana attacker Cassius Mailula is facing an uncertain future at Belgian side KV Kortrijk. Mailula is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,8382,984,8383,8384],"class_list":["post-12422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-belgium","tag-cassius-mailula","tag-featured","tag-important","tag-south-africans-abroad"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116442157857230979","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}