After Flick, Schalke also lends Kerim Calhanoglu to SV Sandhausen

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In all likelihood, FC Schalke 04 will soon be lending another talent, who only had a little playing time in the first half of the season, in Kerim Calhanoglu. As “sky” and the “WAZ“ report, the 20-year-old left-back is facing a temporary move to SV Sandhausen. The transfer could still take place this weekend. Schalke had previously loaned Florian Flick (22) to 1. FC Nürnberg.

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	K. Calhanoglu
	Left defender
FC Schalke 04 82% SV Sandhausen Bundesliga 2nd Bundesliga

Calhanoglu switched from TSG Hoffenheim’s U19s to the Royal Blues’ youth team in 2020. Hakan Calhanoglu’s cousin made his professional debut in March 2021 at the age of 18 years, six months and seven days for the Schalke pros under Dimitrios Grammozis in the Bundesliga. Since then, 17 games (0 goals/1 assist) have been added. This season, however, the native of Mannheim was mostly absent from the professional squad, but was increasingly on the field in the Regionalliga West in the Schalke reserve (11 games/1 goal/6 assists).

At SVS, Calhanoglu would compete with Arne Sicker (27) at the back left. Regular Chima Okoroji (25) has been out since the beginning of October with a broken metatarsal. Most recently, coach Alois Schwartz sometimes played with a back three and attacker Philipp Ochs (25) as a left rail player. Calhanoglu can also take this position. The U20 national player is contractually bound to Schalke until 2024.

I often found Flick good, I would have seen him as a rotation player in the team. At Calhanoglu, a loan makes a lot of sense. feeling even for 1.5 years. …

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