With his fourth goal of the season, Wout Weghorst has made a comeback for VfL Wolfsburg The Dutchman has a big goal in his sights.
For a long time he hadn’t spoken. “I didn’t score for some time. That wasn’t always easy for me personally “, Wout Weghorst looks back on the past weeks. Things didn’t really go well for the 29-year-old under former coach Mark van Bommel, who was then out with a COVID-19 infection (“I was ill for three or four days, lying in bed”) and then didn’t really get going under new coach Florian Kohfeldt either. Now his goal in Bielefeld (2:2), a redemption for the attacker. “It feels good, I needed that,” says Weghorst, who has set his sights high. He wants to become VfL’s top goal scorer.
Edin Dzeko is still enthroned at the top of the eternal Bundesliga goalscorer list of the Lower Saxons. The 2009 champion striker scored a total of 66 league goals for the Green-Whites, followed by his former strike partner Grafite (59) and Diego Klimowicz (57). Weghorst has now drawn level with the Argentine. He wants more: “I have a very big goal this year,” he emphasises, “I want to become VfL Wolfsburg’s top scorer.” Nine goals to go for Dzeko.
“I think van Bommel and Wolfsburg just didn’t go together “
Parallel to this, Weghorst wants to shoot VfL back into international business. He believes his club is on the right track – since the change of coach. “I think van Bommel and Wolfsburg just didn’t go together,” Weghorst says honestly. “The new coach just approaches it in a different way. It’s been a good fit so far, we have to continue like that.”
Then Weghorst should also finally find his old form again. He has now scored four goals in the league, which is the fewest he has ever scored as a VfL striker at this point in the season. But he is not going crazy about it. “Trust the process,” he emphasises, “trust the process.” His announcement sounds like a threat to opponents: “I’m back. “
