9. exit
FC Schalke 04 can book the next departure for the coming season: midfielder Dries Wouters, who has been on loan to KV Mechelen since January 2022 and whose contract in Gelsenkirchen was dated until 2024, is moving to the Belgian second division club Lommel SK and will sign there until 2027.
The Bundesliga relegated had already announced at the beginning of the week that “an agreement is expected in the coming days.” Wouters had delivered a convincing performance in the second half of the season at loan club Mechelen, according to the Belgian daily newspaper “Het Nieuwsblad” he was in a deal with S04 a purchase option of EUR 1.3 million had been integrated, which was not exercised. The Royal Blues should also collect a similar amount as part of the move to Lommel.
“The transfer is a sensible decision for all sides. I’m happy for Dries that he was rewarded with a contract for his good performances at the end of the season in Belgium,” says Schalke’s sporting director André Hechelmann. “We wish Dries all the best for his sporting and private future.”
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