Real Salt Lake has announced the signing of Swiss left back Chris Kablan on loan from Waasland-Beveren, a club owned by Bolt Football Holdings — the David Blitzer-owned group that owns Crystal Palace and FC Augsburg, among others.
Kablan joins on loan “through the summer,” but the club holds an option to extend him through the 2022 season, as well as the 2023 season.
Kablan, 27, joined second-division Belgian side Waasland-Beveren in 2021 from Swiss outfit FC Thun, where he’d played since 2017. While he’d be a constant figure at Thun, he played roughly half of Waasland-Beveren’s matches, suffering an ankle sprain in early February.