Tessa Wullaert says she is not returning to Belgium as she searches for her next club
Updated 23 June 2026, 00:00 UTC — Brussels: Belgian captain Tessa Wullaert is currently without a club and has told HLN that she is not returning to Belgium yet, saying she still has ambition and energy for another step abroad. HLN reported the transfer stance; Inter previously announced her 2024 move to Milan on a deal running to 2026; UEFA lists her among the rare European players to pass 100 international goals.
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About this story
Tessa Wullaert is Belgium's best-known women's footballer, captain of the Red Flames and the national team's record scorer. The immediate story is a transfer-market decision: after her Inter Milan spell reached its contract endpoint, Wullaert is keeping the Belgian league off the table for now and looking for a project that matches her level and role.
How to read this story
The history
Wullaert's career has been built abroad as much as at home. She has played for Standard, Anderlecht, Wolfsburg, Manchester City, Fortuna Sittard and Inter, a path that reflects how elite Belgian women's players often need larger foreign leagues for salary, facilities and European competition.
Regional impact
Flanders has the closest audience connection because Wullaert is Flemish and the story broke through Dutch-language sports coverage. The impact remains sporting, not regional policy.
Local impact
Belgian supporters will keep following Wullaert abroad rather than seeing her in the domestic league at the start of her next move.
International angle
The story sits inside the European women's football transfer market, where established internationals choose between competitive level, Champions League access, salary and playing time.
What this means for you
For fans, no Belgian club return is imminent. For Belgian clubs, the door is not the current plan. For Red Flames followers, her match sharpness depends on how quickly the next deal is completed.
Opposing perspectives
- Wullaert and her representatives
Wullaert's side presents the decision as a sporting ambition call: she is not treating a Belgian return as the default option and wants a club environment that keeps her competitive after Inter.
- Belgian women's league stakeholders
Domestic clubs and league promoters gain visibility from a player of Wullaert's profile, so her continued absence keeps one of Belgium's strongest commercial and sporting names outside the local competition.
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