The industrial accident relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga is history again after just one season, in 2021/22 a whopping transfer surplus was also achieved and a bond clearly topped expectations. It’s no secret that FC Schalke 04 still has an enormous mountain of debt. Nor that you can only bake very small rolls on the transfer market.
It was all the more surprising that S04 lured Florent Mollet, an extremely experienced regular player from France, to the Ruhr area on Wednesday. sport.de took a close look at the transfer coup.
Florent Mollet on FC Schalke 04: These are the frame details
Mollet joins FC Schalke 04 until the end of the 2024/25 season. This was announced by the miners in an official statement, otherwise the Royal Blues kept silent.
However, since Mollet was still under contract with HSC Montpellier until the summer of 2023, you don’t have to fish in the murky pond for too long to find out that Schalke paid a fee.
This quantifies the “table football“To a surprisingly small 500,000 euros, further bonus payments are therefore possible. The French league insider Mohamed Toubache-Ter writes, however, of a transfer fee of 700,000 euros, which could rise to up to 1.5 million euros. In view of a market value of around six million euros, S04 has probably managed a real coup one way or the other.
Mollet will probably have to cut back on salary. Most recently, the midfielder is said to have received between 700,000 euros and 1.1 million euros. It is probably impossible for Schalke to offer this sum.
Possible reasons for moving to FC Schalke 04
Why Mollet joined FC Schalke 04 despite the expected cutbacks can of course only be speculated on. Noisy “Get French Football News“However, he has never made a secret of the fact that the German Bundesliga appeals to him.
Accordingly, Schalke, Mainz 05, 1. FC Köln and Borussia Mönchengladbach were already interested in 2020. At that time, however, Mollet still had a three-year contract in Montpellier, and large investments were not possible due to the corona pandemic. Opposite to “francebleu.fr.” Mollet also explained in November 2020 that there was never a concrete offer on the table.
According to “Le Progrès”, a big name from France has recently put out feelers to Mollet with Olympique Lyon, but a new experience in the Bundesliga has probably trumped staying in Ligue 1.
If the dream of the German Oberhaus was actually decisive, the move to FC Schalke 04 is all the less surprising. After all, crowds of fans and a tingling atmosphere are guaranteed in Gelsenkirchen.
This distinguishes the new signing of FC Schalke 04
“Florent has above-average game intelligence and good spatial behavior, which will make our offensive game more variable and at the same time enrich our work against the ball,” the transfer announcement said.schalke04.de“. “In the past few years he has only missed a handful of games through injury, which speaks for his professionalism.”
Words that can easily be backed up with data. The CV of the 30-year-old shows more than 300 competitive games, the Schalke newcomer alone was on the pitch 139 times in Ligue 1. 28 goals and 18 assists (one goal contribution every 3.7 games) underpin Mollet’s attacking skills.
In addition, Mollet was used in four positions in 2021/22. The Frenchman mostly played on the right wing in midfield, but the 30-year-old also demonstrated his skills on the left, offensively behind the strikers or in central midfield.
Mollet also made an impression in France with his exceptional strength at set pieces. Montpellier dedicated the free-kick qualities of the kicker from the youth of FCO Dijon to the quite emotional announcement of the change even a whole passage.
That’s why the deal for FC Schalke 04 could become a real transfer coup
He “will do everything to play a successful season with the team and keep the class,” Mollet is quoted as saying on the Schalke club website. Exactly this statement underpins why the new one could become extremely valuable for the miners.
In France, Mollet is well known for not mincing his words and not avoiding critical questions. “You need a great character in this job, otherwise you won’t pass,” the veteran explained at the end of 2020.
Not bad conditions in the fight against relegation.
Marc Affeldt