The most prolific attacker at the start of the 2023-2024 season? Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé, or even Robert Lewandowski? To find it, you have to go to Baden-Württemberg, a state in southwest Germany. Direction Stuttgart and its club, the VfB, current leader of the Bundesliga thanks to its number 9: Serhou Guirassy. Arriving at the Mercedes-Benz Arena last summer from Stade Rennais, the Guinean international (8 caps, 2 goals) had difficulty starting his German adventure, before starting to find a regular rhythm in second half of the season (12 goals in BL).
But we are only at the beginning of October for the 27-year-old to exceed expectations… Because yes, the Swabian number 9 has already reached 13 goals in 8 days of the championship, with a hat-trick this Saturday after -noon at home against Wolfsburg (3-1). In just a quarter of an hour, the native of Arles not only secured three points for his club, current leader of the Bundesliga, but also broke his record for goals in a season, which he had already established last season with the white and red jersey. A clinical efficiency in front of goal which continues to get football observers across the Rhine talking.
“Guirassy, who else?!”
Obviously, the German media fell under the spell of the latest performances of the national Syli striker, starting with Sky Sports Germany : “Serhou Guirassy, who else?! VfB Stuttgart’s star scorer helped his team return to the top of the Bundesliga, at least for one night, with a hat-trick.” Star scorer, a term that already sticks to him, being the top scorer in the five major European championships combined. His name also makes the front pages of the major dailies across the Rhine, BILD has Kicker via the German television channel.
The former glories of football are also amazed by the advent of the former Rennais in the Bundesliga, like Ballon d’or 1990, Lothar Matthaüs: “Guirassy is a complete center forward. A real scorer. He brings everything with him: power, speed, technique, he hits with his foot and with his head., he declared last week, when he had already reached 10 goals in 7 matches. Beating Robert Lewandowski’s record with this supersonic start to the season, Serhou Guirassy hopes to keep this insolent performance throughout the year and why not collect the 41 achievements in one season from the Pole, holder of the record for 3 years…
