Schalke: Rouven Schröder on transfer thrillers about Amine Harit

“Vital” departures for S04

On the deadline day, FC Schalke 04 gave up Amine Harit, a top earner, to Olympique Marseille on the home stretch. As in the previous year, the 25-year-old offensive player was loaned out to the French first division team – a transfer deal that includes a purchase obligation under certain conditions and could relieve the royal blues financially.

“We had many unbelievably high-paying contracts in the squad. Many players then helped us and let themselves be transferred. That was vital for the club. With Amine, we already had the feeling when he was loaned to Marseille that he would finally change after that,” said Schalke’s sporting director Rouven Schröder in the football talk “Sky90”. This hope had been dashed, so renegotiation had to take place. And according to Schröder, the Harit personality developed into a true transfer thriller – with a positive ending for everyone involved.

Harit to Soler: top transfers on Deadline Day in summer 2022

Amine Harit | Schalke -> Marseille | Market value: €10 million

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Serhou Guirassy | Stade Rennes -> VfB Stuttgart | Market value: €10 million

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Wilfried Gnonto | Zurich FC -> Leeds | Market value: €10 million

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Transfer fee: €4.5 million

Ainsley Maitland Niles | Arsenal -> Southampton | Market value: €10 million

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Aster Vranckx | VfL Wolfsburg -> AC Milan | Market value: €10 million

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Wout Faes | Stade Reims -> Leicester | Market value: €10 million

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Transfer fee: €17 million

Stefan Posch | TSG Hoffenheim -> Bologna | Market value: €10 million

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Loïc Bade | Rennes Stadium -> Nottingham Forest | Market value: €12 million

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Billy Gilmour | Chelsea -> Brighton | Market value: €12 million

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Transfer fee: €10.4 million

Maxi Gomez | Valencia -> Trabzonspor | Market value: €12 million

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Transfer fee: €3 million

Idrissa Gueye | PSG -> Everton | Market value: €12 million

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Transfer fee: €10 million

Krzysztof Piatek | Hertha BSC -> Salernitana | Market value: €12 million

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Loan (fee: €1m)

Marcos Alonso | Chesea contract terminated | Market value: €12 million

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Ethan Ampadu | Chelsea -> Spezia | Market value: €13 million

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Justin Kluivert | AS Roma -> Valencia FC | Market value: €15 million

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Pierre Emerick Aubameyang | Barcelona -> Chelsea I Market value: €15m

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Transfer fee: €12 million

Florian Grillitsch | to Ajax after contract end at TSG | Market value: €16 million

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Duje Caleta Car | Olympique Marseille -> Southampton | Market value: €16 million

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Kasper Dolberg | OGC Nice -> Seville | Market value: €17 million

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DanielJames | Leeds -> Fulham | Market value: €18 million

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Arthur | Juventus->Liverpool | Market value: €18 million

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Loan (fee: €4.5m, option to buy: €37.5m)

Gaëtan Laborde | Stade Rennes -> OGC Nice | Market value: €18 million

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Transfer fee: €10 million

Julian Draxler | PSG -> Benfica | Market value: €18 million

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Umar Sadiq | UD Almería -> Real Sociedad | Market value: €18 million

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Transfer fee: €20 million

André Gomes | Everton -> Lille | Market value: €18 million

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Sergino Dest | Barcelona -> ACMilan | Market value: €18 million

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Abdou Diallo | PSG -> RB Leipzig | Market value: €18 million

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Hector Bellerin | Arsenal -> FC Barcelona | Market value: €20 million

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Julian Weigl | Benfica -> Gladbach | Market value: €22 million

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Jan Bednarek | Southampton -> Aston Villa | Market value: €22 million

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Denis Zakaria | Juventus -> Chelsea | Market value: €27 million

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Leander Dendoncker | Wolverhampton -> Aston Villa | Market value: €28 million

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Transfer fee: €15 million

Manuel Akanji | Borussia Dortmund -> Man City | Market value: €30 million

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Transfer fee: €17.5 million

Amine Gouiri | OGC Nice -> Stade Rennes | Market value: €42 million

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Transfer fee: €28 million

Carlos Soler | Valencia -> PSG | Market value: €50 million

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Transfer fee: €18 million (bonuses: €3 million)


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“We couldn’t lift Amine’s contract (until 2024; ed.). He was then given a highly paid contract. That was clear to him in advance. We then decided that he would be trained but not used. In the end, Amine was transferred very late,” the manager gave an insight. “The deal was off an hour and a half before the end of the transfer. You have to say that quite clearly. We then said as Schalke 04 that we were taking a certain risk and might push the transfer towards January. In the end, however, things turned out differently. If Amine had ended up staying with us, we would have used him too.”

Schröder confirms: Only staying up in the Bundesliga counts for Schalke

Schalke are ranked 15th after five matchdays, a win has not yet come about under the new head coach Frank Kramer. Those responsible gave the relegation as the goal. “We don’t need to talk about it. We said that from the start. External demands on Schalke are still extremely high. But we have to stay with ourselves. When we speak of conviction, we also have to live by it,” emphasized Schröder, who equipped the squad with 17 newcomers, most recently striker Kenan Karaman.

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