FC Schalke 04: Die Königsblauen

FC Schalke 04 have spent big money ahead of the new Bundesliga season, with the signings of Marco Verratti, Corentin Jean, Timo Werner, Sam Byram and Viktor Fischer. All this comes from the money of the sales of 7 players, as well as Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Firstly, we have the sales of Schalke, which include Boateng, Stefan Strandberg, Chinedu Obasi, Ralf Fahrmann, Tranquillo Barnetta, Felipe Santana and Aleksander Ignjovski. Boateng has left to join moneybags Monaco for a fee of £25.5 million, while Strandberg and Barnetta both joined Hannover for £1.2 million and £3.5 million respectively. Santana and Obasi joined Hoffenheim for £2.5 million and £1.7 million respectively, with Fahrmann joining Mainz for £1.2 million and Ignjovski now playing for Leverkusen thanks to a fee of £2.7 million.



Marco Verratti, the young Italian central midfielder comes in to add real quality to the squad. He joined for a fee of around £13.75 million, with another formerly French-based player Corentin Jean joining Schalke for £6.5 million from Troyes. Right-back Sam Byram has joined the Gelsinkirchen side from Leeds for £3.6 million. The England under-21 player chose Schalke over Premier League and Champions League winners Arsenal.



Timo Werner, the young German striker moved to Schalke for a pricy £23.5 million. The striker is regarded as a great prospect in German and World football, so the prospect of him lining up with Draxler will surely make Germany fans drool at the mouth. Danish attacker Viktor Fischer, who Wilmots had expressed an interest in earlier in the year has joined the club from Ajax for £9.25 million.



Sources at Schalke and Inter say that Schalke are looking to sign Croatian centre-midfielder Mateo Kovacic, however the price could prove a massive block for Schalke with Inter demanding £44 million, and Schalke only willing to pay £33 million at most.

Wow! Some more great signings who can hopefully help you have a very successful year

2014-01-29 22:01#157548 pompeyblue : Wow! Some more great signings who can hopefully help you have a very successful year

Cheers mate, it's looking good

Very good transfers mate!

It's a shame Kevin-Prince left but £25m is undeniably difficult to refuse. As for the signings... Wow! Your squad just gets better and better! Werner, Byram, Verratti and Fischer all become world class in the future. Kovacic would be excellent too but £44m is too costly imo. What a force Schalke is becoming

AAN: Cheers mate!

P-KIDDY: Didn't want to let him go, but it was £25 million now, or £15 million in a season or two. Surprised I got Fischer, Verratti, Jean and Byram so cheap to be honest, but with Kovacic I think I can get it lower

After reportedly having a bid of £28 million for Croatia and Inter Milan midfielder Mateo Kovacic rejected, Schalke had made a new bid of £33 million for the 20 year old talent. The bid was accepted and Kovacic will join Schalke for the new season. He joins the likes of Marco Verratti and Julian Draxler in a very talented midfield.

After having a poor campaign last season, with Kovacic only scoring 4 and assisting 2 during 40 appearances, Inter decided that £33 million would be enough for the small, nifty midfielder to leave for. However, Kovacic looks as though he could be set to shine at Schalke. He will be unavailable for the German Supercup match against Borussia Dortmund however, as Kovacic will not arrive in time from Inter’s pre-season tour of America.

It is also reported that Schalke manager Marc Wilmots is in the market for another centre-back, with Frenchman Kurt Zouma and Argentinian Mateo Mussachio both being potentially lined up for a move to the VELTINS-Arena.

wow! another amazing signing!!

Croatian players are ace! I am impressed with the signing but I hope the fee is not too much

AAN: Hopefully I will be done now, but I can see myself getting bored and signing more

Jason: Hopefully not, but I realised that I can probably make it back

Very talented squad indeed. You should be gunning for silverware now

P-KIDDY: Hoping to maybe do the treble. At least the league and cup double

Today we will bring you a brief overview of the Bundesliga side FC Schalke 04. This report will include all of their youth players as well, as we show you how good a team they have.

You have a great squad here! with a lot of young talents!

Very good squad!