Robin Gosens joins Schalke 04 on loan with purchase obligation

Published Jul 17, 12:42 PM UTC

FC Schalke 04 has officially signed German left-back Robin Gosens (32) on a one-year loan from Fiorentina, with a purchase obligation of around €1.5 million if Schalke avoids relegation and Gosens meets appearance thresholds. The 24-time German international, a lifelong Schalke fan, arrived in Gelsenkirchen on a private jet from Florence on Thursday, passed medical exams, and signed the contract on Friday with his family and agent present. Gosens will earn approximately €100,000 per month (€1.3 million annually), placing him in Schalke's top player salary category, though he took a pay cut from his reported €1.8 million net salary in Italy. The transfer fulfills a long-held dream for Gosens, who previously missed a move to Schalke in 2019 due to Atalanta's refusal. He will join his new teammates at the training camp in Austria.

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