Official: Huntelaar returns to rescue his Schalke

It was an open secret and it is official. Former Madrid player Klaas-Jan Huntelaar leaves Ajax at 37 to return to Schalke 04 and do his bit so that the club of his heart, the red lantern of the Bundesliga with seven points, achieves permanence. According to the German newspaper Bild, the Dutch forward could make his debut on Wednesday at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen against Cologne.

“We have to win games and, for that, we have to score goals in order to get out of the critical zone of the classification. I want to help achieve permanence“, Said Huntelaar after signing a contract until the end of the season with the mining team. “Schalke belongs to the Bundesliga. It is part of our responsibility to keep it that way“, Stressed the Dutch striker.

Huntelaar already wore the Schalke outfit between 2010 and 2017, stage in which he reached a total of 126 goals in 240 games officers for the Gelsenkirchen local club. On 12/11 it was proclaimed Bundesliga top scorer with 29 goals and he even lifted the Pokal in 2011 together with another former Madrid player such as Raúl.

“I'm aware of I can still be a valuable player“Stated a Huntelaar who, together with Sead Kolasinac (on loan from Arsenal) brings a quality bonus to coach Christian Gross's squad, very necessary after a disastrous first lap. Everything points to Huntelaar I ended up hanging up my boots at the end of the season, but first he has a mission. “He's infected with the Schalke virus,” says Gross. So much so that he has returned in his most difficult moment.