The Schalke 04 Gazette
Squad30 Aug 2027
Kenan Karaman damages knee ligaments — 65 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 65 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad30 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Timo Becker out for 53 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Schalke 04 will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market30 Aug 2027
Gerrit Holtmann puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Schalke 04, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Nikola Katić: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Schalke 04 have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market30 Aug 2027
Schalke 04 turn down Rizespor for Mertcan Ayhan
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Reiss Nelson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Adil Aouchiche signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Adil Aouchiche and Schalke 04 agree another 4 years.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Schalke 04
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Door shut on Daniel Peretz
Schalke 04 asked and Bayern Munich said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Loris Karius
- Market Hertha BSC expected to open talks for Kacper Potulski
- Market One of our own: Patrick Wolf joins the Schalke 04 first team