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#2 Bas Dost - Wolfsburg
In Januray 2015, Vfl Wolfsburg had a big decision to make. Bundesliga rivals Hamburg had come calling in search of a striker; they were looking to sign Bas Dost, the 25-year old Dutchman who hadn’t quite made it in two years at Wolfsburg.
Then the third-choice striker at the club, Dost pushed for a move but it didn’t happen. His manager Dieter Hecking surprisingly decided to keep him and instead sold Ivica Olic, the club’s top scorer the previous season. Dost was surprised too but didn’t wait to ponder, instead choosing to deliver in the most emphatic way possible.
To put Dost’s performance into perspective, consider this: before the season began, Dost had scored 17 times in 48 matches spread over two years. After the transfer saga, he found the net 16 times in 16 matches. Having Nicklas Bendtner for competition made things easy but it was the departure of Olic that really changed the course of Dost’s Wolfsburg career. He is now a man on a mission, having regained his confidence and finally returning to the form of his Eredivisie days.
In March, Dost made his national team debut for Guus Hiddink’s side and it seems that bigger and better things are lying in wait for him.
