ZIMBABWE captain, Knowledge Musona, celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday, amid a wave of pleas from Kaizer Chiefs fans for the Warriors star to return to the South African giants.
His 31st birthday comes at a time when his future in Europe, where he has been based in Belgium, for some time, now uncertain despite having another season left on his contract with Anderlecht.
Reports have suggested Musona might part company with the Belgian giants who have been loaning him to other clubs, with indications showing he could secure a permanent move to KAS Eupen.
The Smiling Assassin had a very successful loan spell at KAS Eupen, in the last Belgian top-flight season, but the decision by the coach, who appeared to have faith in his talent, to move elsewhere, could derail a possible return.
While there has been genuine interest from South African clubs, his handlers have indicated that many of them could find it difficult to pay the wages which a contract with the Warriors skipper would demand.
The media-shy skipper posted his picture, accompanied by a message, on his Twitter page.
“Grateful to God for another year. Happy birthday to me,” he tweeted.
His latest birthday also comes exactly 10 years since Musona first left Chiefs, after signing a five-year deal, with Bundesliga side, TSG Hoffenheim.
“(Musona) has shown that he can score for club and country and we want to build up on this potential,” the then Hoffenheim coach, Holger Stanislawski, said when Musona’s deal was confirmed.
The striker, who was a big success at the Amakhosi, suggested he would one day return.
“I would like to thank everyone at Kaizer Chiefs, for everything they have helped me with since the beginning of my pro career,” he said.
‘‘I hope one day I will be back – I will never forget my time at Chiefs.”
While he returned, for a loan spell, the Amakhosi fans want him to come back for good and fire their team back to glory, on the domestic front, after years of struggles.
That was the underlying tone of their messages to his Warriors teammates, Khama Billiat and Willard Katsande, after the Chiefs’ duo posted messages, on Twitter, congratulating their national team skipper.
‘‘Happy birthday captain,’’ posted Billiat, who is currently injured, and missed his team’s sensational victory over Wydad Casablanca, in a CAF Champions League semi-final, first leg match, on Saturday.
Katsande, who was replaced by Musona as the Warriors skipper, also used Twitter to congratulate his compatriot.- The Herald
