After initial injury worries, Aster Vranckx is getting on better and better at VfL Wolfsburg. The 19-year-old is far from satisfied, however.
He is undoubtedly one of the positive aspects of this so far mixed VfL season. Although Aster Vranckx had to deal with a calf injury in preparation for the game and has also been forced to take time off with muscular problems, he has already left his mark this season. He has started three times in the Bundesliga and just as often in the Champions League. Especially in the game against the ball, new coach Florian Kohfeldt has noted early on, the Belgian is “extremely important for us”.
Vranckx wants to continue to be that. The 19-year-old, who had “Dreamchaser “ (in German: Traumfänger) tattooed on his forearm, is in the process of fulfilling his dreams. Bundesliga, Champions League, appearances in the starting eleven: “I’ve always dreamed of that,” says the 4.5-million-euro addition, who moved to Wolfsburg from Mechelen in the summer. Now it should be the next steps. “To continue to play, maybe score a goal. “
A non-goal made Vranckx famous: “Even my mother laughed “
A non-goal made Vranckx famous a year ago. Wearing a KV Mechelen shirt, he missed a huge chance against KV Oostende in September 2020, did not put the ball in the empty box, but tripped over it. Ticked off for the teenager, whose video went around the world at the time. “To be honest, I don’t care,” he says today. “At first I couldn’t understand how it happened. When I came home, even my mother laughed about it.” Past tense for Vranckx. “It’s football, I have to live with it. “
And it hasn’t hurt the midfielder. In Wolfsburg, he is currently establishing himself in the Bundesliga. “With all due respect to my former club, Wolfsburg is a much bigger club that plays in the Champions League, where many great players have played.” That’s where he wants to develop too. “I want to become a top player “, Vranckx emphasises, “that’s my dream.” His arm reminds him of that every day.