He got his Shoe out of the hands of Dries Mertens, but that put the Bruges klasbak clearly not to dream about Italian Riviera or crazy tifosi. Let alone the many pounds of the Premier League. “If you are in such a league against relegation fight, is that still not everything. I think the Bundesliga suits me best. But as long as that concrete interest is not there, I imagine that question. I have in my career always the right and logical steps: from the youth of PSV eindhoven to Lommel. I had been to the Club, but Lokeren was the ideal stop-over. Let me quietly continue to grow. I feel that I'm even better... (smile) although it is of course difficult to make this almost perfect 2018 to match. Now more is expected from me and that extra pressure be a handicap going to work? Oh, forget it. Tomorrow on the training ground, I will just the same Vanaken. Just like Sunday at the Jan Breydel against Charleroi.”
Golden Shoe Kompany, Superior, Sonck, Portugal, Praet, Thorgan Hazard, Kums... The Golden Shoe as a stepping stone to a nice club abroad? Hans Vanaken (26), there is not the man to to worry about. “Maybe this is the time, yes. But if nothing comes, then it is that way." The Golden Shoe of 2018 at the feet.