The Schalke 04 Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Tim Lemperle
Schalke 04 asked and TSG Hoffenheim said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Lúkas Petersson is a medical away from Schalke 04
The deal with TSG Hoffenheim is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bryan Lasme turns Quevilly-Rouen down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Schalke 04 turn down WSG Tirol for Ron Schallenberg
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Schalke 04 go back to the board over Wouter Burger
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $23.8M — a club that wants Wouter Burger enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Schalke 04
Robin Gosens and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dejan Ljubičić signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dejan Ljubičić and Schalke 04 agree another 4 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Lukas Schmid joins the Schalke 04 first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Lukas Schmid is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Schalke 04 promote Jonas Becker from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonas Becker has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Squad Home is on Moussa Sylla's mind
- Squad A last season at home is what Christopher Antwi-Adjei is after
- The dugout Dejan Ljubičić asks for a word with the manager