Overview
- Schalke announced the 32-year-old Robin Gosens has joined on a loan deal that can lead to a permanent transfer if stipulated conditions are met.
- Reports say the agreement includes conditions or an obligation to buy that has been reported at about €2.5 million plus add-ons, though the club gave only limited contractual detail.
- Gosens said he was frozen out of Fiorentina’s squad under new coach Fabio Grosso, called his farewell painful and bitter, and noted he remained under contract with Fiorentina until June 2028.
- Schalke’s signing brings a versatile left-sided player with 24 Germany caps and a career through Atalanta, Inter and Union Berlin back to the club he supported as a youngster.
- The move immediately strengthens Schalke’s squad for their Bundesliga return and raises short-term questions about whether Fiorentina’s coaching reshuffle will prompt further exits or sales.