Last season it was sometimes pretended that the best had gradually disappeared from the “extinct” Hans Vanaken. Club Brugge had even decided to sign a direct competitor like Hugo Vetlesen. But this turned out to be an incorrect assessment.
Contrary to previous doubts, Vanaken is back as Club Brugge’s midfield director this season, and has overcome the alleged error of judgement. His excellent performances will earn him points in the Golden Boot and there is also speculation about a place in the Red Devils squad.
Club Brugge wakes up ‘exhausted’ Vanaken
In an interview with The latest news Hans Vanaken admitted he played his worst season ever for Club Brugge last year. This has led to divergent opinions about him, and although he has many supporters, the number of critics has steadily grown.
Jan Mulder, for example, said Vanaken looked exhausted after three great years. Also for this reason, Club Brugge decided to breathe new life into the core of the team last summer and started looking for extra competition in central midfield.
Club Brugge has found in Hugo Vetlesen the perfect player to shake things up. Vanaken in particular should have felt addressed, who could expect strong competition with the Norway international.
“With Vetlesen, the blue-blacks didn’t win in the slightest this time,” he warned The latest news. Places in central midfield had become very expensive, with Raphael Onyedika and Casper Nielsen also brought in. Furthermore, Philip Zinckernagel was also recruited, which meant that Ronny Deila had a big luxury problem in his team.
“Finally there are alternatives and even competition for the untouchable number ten for years,” he said The latest news.
Vanaken is the guarantee of every coach
However, Ronny Deila saw no reason to remove Hans Vanaken from the starting lineup in the short term, and the captain has shown why this season. He is back to being the attacking midfielder he was before and makes difficult things seem simple.
The two-time Golden Boot winner is back on track and has the new Club Brugge running at full speed in attack. Deila is right when she says that you shouldn’t doubt Vanaken.
“The man is not tired,” he wrote The newspaper Impressive. “Vanaken is a top player who always has to play,” teammate Philip Zinckernagel also said. Last season there were doubts that Hans Vanaken would be the best, but this season he takes Club Brugge firmly back into his hands.
“He absorbs the game,” Frank Raes said Antwerp Gazette. “Whether things are good or bad, whether he is in good shape or not: Vanaken is every coach’s guarantee,” he wrote The latest news surprisingly down.
Deila described Vanaken as a fantastic player and spoke admiringly of his key midfielder’s calm and intelligence. “He sees everything on one field.” One of Deila’s tasks was to convince Vanaken to perform again this season and the Norwegian coach clearly seems to have succeeded.
The best was in Vanaken? Wrong rating
In recent weeks and months, Hans Vanaken has been the conductor of Brugge’s midfield, where he is excellent with the ball, but also struggles physically for every piece of ground. “If Vanaken plays well, Club Brugge also plays well,” said Jan Ceulemans The newspaper.
Vanaken rules, sets the pace and is the great patron. He puts the balls where he wants them and makes intelligent passes. “The metronome,” he wrote The newspaper. “Last season it was sometimes pretended that things were gradually getting worse in Vanaken, but in retrospect that turned out to be an incorrect assessment.”;
It is surprising that he is also increasingly establishing himself as a captain, even if his leadership qualities are not described as his great strength. Even if not with big words or ostentatious behavior.
“Maybe I should shout more on the pitch or in the locker room. But it’s not my way. (she smiles) I much prefer to criticize in private in the hope that we will play football differently or that the players will improve. That’s why I won’t necessarily scream in public,” Vanaken said The latest news.
Candidates for Golden Boot and Red Devils?
Now that Philip Zinckernagel no longer runs in his zone, Igor Thiago keeps the ball more and more and there is more structure in midfield, Hans Vanaken is growing more and more towards his best form. Mohamed Amoura points to him as a contender to win the Golden Boot. Peter Vandenbempt underlines that Vanaken is still indispensable at Club Brugge.
“Together with Mignolet, the only one who in general was always at the same level during a difficult 2023,” wrote Het Laatste Nieuws. “Vanaken remains a footballer who makes a difficult action look easy or who walks away from an impossible situation with apparent ease,” said Kristof Liberloo, the team’s sporting director. The importance of Limburg.
“He can also make a deep pass perfectly at speed. De Lommelaar remains an underrated player.”
Olivier Deschacht admires the unique profile of Vanaken, who he describes as Club Brugge’s best player in Sunday. “He can organize an attack, he can connect defense and attack.”
Both Liberloo and Deschacht believe that this Vanaken will always have his place in the Red Devils selection, just like the Club Brugge captain himself. “YES. They don’t have a guy like me, do they?” Vanaken stated firmly West Flanders Newspaper. “I still think I deserve to be selected with the specific qualities I have.”
2023-12-29 06:30:00
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