Jelle Vossen is adamant he will soon open his Boro goalscoring account and can’t wait to be let off the leash at Millwall.
The Belgian arrived at the Riverside on deadline day amid months of speculation, which prompted an online campaign among Boro fans to #FreeJelleVossen from parent club Genk.
But the loanee has had to be patient for his chance under Aitor Karanka, with £2.7m striker Kike Garcia, Chelsea forward Patrick Bamford and experienced Championship battler Lee Tomlin proving stiff competition.
Despite that Vossen came within a whisker of his first Boro goal against Blackburn last weekend, only to be thwarted by a stunning save from Rovers stopper Simon Eastwood.
But that is no problem for the Genk loanee, who believes he will join the Boro goal trail soon.
“Unfortunately I wasn’t able to score (last week) thanks to their goalkeeper - he had the game of his life,” Vossen told the club’s website.
“That’s unlucky for me but I’m happy iwth how I played and that I got my chance in the team. It’s unlucky the keeper pulled off a miraculous save, but now it’s up to me to keep going on the pitch and the goals will follow – I’m sure of that.”
With Bamford (illness) doubtful for Boro’s trip to the New Den tomorrow afternoon, Vossen could once again be given the nod by Karanka.
He admitted he does not mind what position he is deployed, and said he will put a shift in anywhere for the good of the team.
“I don’t know much about Millwall but on Saturday we’ll get to know our opponents on the pitch," Vossen said.
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“I always prefer to concentrate on our own strengths though and I think we have a very good team – we can beat anyone in the league, so we can go there with a lot of confidence.
“It’s a big thing for this club to have a lot of good strikers and quality in attack. It’s a difficult task for the Gaffer to choose who plays because we all have our own ability and it’s up to him to make the choice.
“For me it’s important just to play, I’ve played as a deep striker before and even as an attacking midfielder so it’s not that important where I play because I try to do my best in any position I play.
“I’m not the type of target man striker who has the body to protect the ball from large defenders – I like to move, work and run a lot to create movement.”
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