Got it. Here is the most current solution. As root run,

"sed -i '/export PRODUCT_NAME="VMware Workstation"/s/.*/&\nexport VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_LIBS="yes"/' /usr/bin/vmware"

then install Kubecek patch,

       "wget https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/archive/workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz

       tar -xzf workstation-12.5.9.tar.gz

       cd vmware-host-modules-workstation-12.5.9

       make

       make install"

and

     "cd /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libfontconfig.so.1

     mv libfontconfig.so.1 libfontconfig.so.1.old

     ln -s /usr/lib64/libfontconfig.so.1"

stay tuned. Please let me know if I've missed anything. Best regards to Kubecek for their contribution.