The relegation-threatened Bundesliga club Schalke 04 brings left-back Sead Kolasinac back to Gelsenkirchen on loan for six months from Arsenal FC. The contract is effective from January 4th. Both clubs agreed not to disclose the modalities.
“We have worked intensively on Sead Kolasinac’s return and are really proud that a real Schalke boy is coming home with him,” says Schalke’s Board Member Sport and Communication, Jochen Schneider: “Sead embodies exactly the values that distinguish Schalke 04 and those in the The fight to stay up is elementary: an irrepressible will and a strong character. “
Kolasinac had already played for the current bottom of the table from 2012 to 2017 before moving to the Premier League for the Londoners on a free transfer. For the Gunners, he completed 113 games.
With the national player from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the new Schalke coach Christian Gross has the hoped-for reinforcement. Kolasinac gets jersey number 20 and is reported to even take over the captain’s armband from Omar Mascarell. Gross had wished for winter additions despite the financially tense situation in the last table.
