The Schalke 04 Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Denis Zakaria at that price
Schalke 04 offered $41.4M; Monaco said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Schalke 04 rebuffed over Bright Arrey-Mbi
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Braga have kept their man, and Schalke 04 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Failed medical for Danilo Soares
The deal with Nürnberg died in the treatment room. Nobody will say what was found and everybody in the game will find out by Friday.
Market10 Aug 2026
US Concarneau come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Schalke 04 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Schalke 04 go back to the board over Ameen Al-Dakhil
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $11.5M — a club that wants Ameen Al-Dakhil 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
Moussa Sylla attracts admirers
The name of Moussa Sylla has come up in conversations Schalke 04 were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Peter Kaiser joins the Schalke 04 first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Peter Kaiser is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Philipp Weber joins the Schalke 04 first team
- Squad Home is on Moussa Sylla's mind
- Squad A last season at home is what Christopher Antwi-Adjei is after