Ignace Van der Brempt

Ignace Van der Brempt made 20 Serie A appearances for Como in 2025-26, with 11 starts and nine outings from the bench. He did not score and picked up two yellow cards, which points to a rotational right-back role rather than a locked-in starting place. The three Coppa Italia appearances added useful depth minutes, but the league split suggests he was more squad option than automatic selection.

Van der Brempt’s career path has taken him from Club Brugge to Red Bull Salzburg, then through loan spells at Hamburg and Como before settling permanently in Italy. At 24, the pattern is still one of progression across competitive European leagues rather than decline, although the repeated loans before the Como move indicate he needed a clearer route to regular senior football.

The transfer record shows two substantial fees: Club Brugge to Red Bull Salzburg for €4.5m in January 2022, then Salzburg to Como for €4.3m in July 2025 after a loan spell. The Hamburg and Como loans were pragmatic moves to find minutes, while the permanent switch to Serie A kept him at a respectable level without a major drop in valuation.