“Sport Bild” report
After 24 matchdays, relegated Schalke 04 are in fifth place in the 2nd Bundesliga – three points behind a direct promotion place. As a result of a season marked by fluctuations in performance, there are some question marks in the squad alignment. As the “Sport Bild” reports, several professionals in the royal blues are at least in question, if not before leaving in the summer, regardless of whether the return to the upper house is successful.
Lode, Terodde & Co.: All Schalke additions for the 2021/22 season
Marius Lode | Market value: €1 million
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Last club: FK Bodø/Glimt | Free transfer | winter transfer
(Excluding loan returnees and changes within the club)
Andreas Vindheim | Market value: €1 million
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Last club: Sparta Prague | Loan with option to buy | winter transfer
(Excluding loan returnees and changes within the club)
Ko Itakura | Market value: €3.5 million
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Last club: Manchester City | Loan with option to buy
(Excluding loan returnees and changes within the club)
Rodrigo Zalazar | Market value: €2.5 million
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Last club: Eintracht Frankfurt | Loan with option to buy
Thomas Ouwejan | Market value: €2 million
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Last club: AZ Alkmaar | Loan with option to buy
Marius Bülter | Market value: €1.7 million
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Last club: Union Berlin | Transfer fee: €800,000
Dominick Drexler | Market value: €1.3 million
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Last club: 1.FC Cologne | free transfer
Danny Latza | Market value: €1 million
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Last club: Mainz 05 | free transfer
Reinhold Ranftl | Market value: €1 million
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Last club: LASK | Transfer fee: €600,000
Simon Terodde | Market value: €1 million
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Last club: HSV | free transfer
Darko Churlinov | Market value: €1 million
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Last club: VfB Stuttgart | loan
Donggyeong Lee | Market value: €900,000
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Last club: Ulsan Hyundai | Loan with option to buy
Victor Palsson | Market value: €800,000
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Last club: SV Darmstadt | Transfer fee: €500,000
Marcin Kaminsky | Market value: €800,000
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Last club: VfB Stuttgart | free transfer
Dries Wouters | Market value: €800,000
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Last club: KRC Genk | free transfer
Martin Fraisl | Market value: €700,000
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Last club: ADO Den Haag | free transfer
Marc Rzatkowski | Market value: €500,000
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Last club: without a club (until January 2021 New York Red Bulls) | free transfer
Marvin Pieringer | Market value: €500,000
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Last club: SC Freiburg | Loan with option to buy
Yaroslav Mikhailov | Market value: €300,000
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Last club: Zenit St. Petersburg | loan
There is a high probability that Schalke will make a change in the goalkeeper position and get a new number one. The Austrian Martin Fraisl, who was signed from The Hague in summer 2021, reveals too great weaknesses in positional play. The growing doubts about the 28-year-old have so far resulted in a lack of contract talks – Fraisl’s contract ends in June.
Winger Reinhold Ranftl is also said to have no future at Schalke. The 30-year-old legal footer, committed by LASK until 2024, has so far performed too poorly and is therefore on the cross-off list. Captain Danny Latza (32), who is said to have a strained relationship with coach Dimitrios Grammozis, is also viewed critically. In all likelihood, the coach himself would only get a new contract if he was promoted.
With Harit and Kabak?
The Schalke squad 2022/23As of now
The future of loan central defender Ko Itakura (25) and defensive colleague Malick Thiaw (20) is reportedly only secured if they go to the 1st division. The rumored 4 million purchase option at Manchester City’s Itakura only applies in the event of promotion, while homegrown Thiaw can already earn 1.3 million euros a year in the 2nd division with the help of a salary increase. That sum would be twice the “majority of his fellow players,” it says. In winter, Schalke had rejected a 6.5 million offer from AC Milan. According to the “Bild”, the “miners” did not want to jeopardize their success, but are willing to talk about a transfer package of around 10 million euros.
Schalke: Focus on Kaminski and Drexler – what happens to Kabak and Harit?
Due to lack of speed, Marcin Kaminski (30) is not guaranteed to stay, and midfielder Dominick Drexler (31) is not an undisputed regular. The report does not answer how the loaned Ozan Kabak (21, Norwich City) and Amine Harit (24, Marseille) could continue. Both professionals are said to earn around 8 million euros a year together, which means that they would no longer be affordable even in the Bundesliga.
Squad values since January 1, 2021: The biggest losers with FC Bayern & Schalke
20 Udinese Calcio | Minus: €56.9 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €153.5 million | on January 9, 2022: €96.6 million
19 Real Madrid | Minus: €62 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €842 million | on January 9, 2022: €780 million
18 Sheffield United | Minus: €63.5m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €172.3 million | on January 9, 2022: €108.8 million
17 Werder Bremen | Minus: €68 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €107.4 million | on January 9, 2022: €39.4 million
16 Fulham FC | Minus: €71.3m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €216.3 million | on January 9, 2022: €145 million
15 Manchester City | Minus: €72.2m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €1.064 billion | on January 9, 2022: €992.1 million
14 RB Leipzig | Minus: €74.4 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €552.8 million | on January 9, 2022: €478.3 million
13 Everton | Minus: €75.6m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €509.3 million | on January 9, 2022: €433.8 million
12 Bayern Munich | Minus: €79.2 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €893.7 million | on January 9, 2022: €814.5 million
11 SSC Napoli | Minus: €81.3m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €587.5 million | on January 9, 2022: €506.2 million
10 Borussia Monchengladbach | Minus: €83.2 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €342.9 million | on January 9, 2022: €259.7 million
9 Lazio Rome | Minus: €84.5m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €357.3 million | on January 9, 2022: €272.9 million
8 Inter Milan | Minus: €90.1m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €614.6 million | on January 9, 2022: €524.5 million
7 Tottenham Hotspur | Minus: €98.5m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €742.6 million | on January 9, 2022: €644.1 million
6 Schalke 04 | Minus: €127.2 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €157.8 million | on January 9, 2022: €30.6 million
5 Atlético Madrid | Minus: €135.4m
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €766.7 million | on January 9, 2022: €631.3 million
4 Hertha BSC | Minus: €135.9 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €251.9 million | on January 9, 2022: €116 million
3 Juventus | Minus: €163 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €692.4 million | on January 9, 2022: €529.4 million
2 Liverpool | Minus: €243.6 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €1.105 billion | on January 9, 2022: €861 million
1 FC Barcelona | Minus: €267.5 million
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Squad value on January 1st, 2021: €888 million | on January 9, 2022: €620.5 million
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