Schalke wants Khedira, denies Hoewedes exit
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SCHALKE 04 boss Clemens Toennies plans to sign Real Madrid’s Germany midfielder Sami Khedira for next season and doubts reports defender Benedikt Hoewedes will join Tottenham Hotspur.
“I have a big opinion of Sami Khedira, because he is a leader and can encourage a team,” Schalke executive chairman Toennies told German broadcaster Sport1. “He is incredibly well-regarded in the national team and we have talked several times.
“Now it’s the task of (Schalke team manager) Horst Heldt and his advisers to find an acceptable solution.”
Khedira is one of Real’s top earners and his contract expires at the end of the season. He confirmed last month that he will leave the Spanish giant at the end of the current campaign.
Toennies also poured doubt on UK media reports that Germany defender and Schalke captain Hoewedes is set to leave for Spurs next season. “I am very close to Benedikt Hoewedes and if there was anything in it, then I would be the first to know about it. I won’t assume that anything has been agreed.”
Having spent his entire career at Schalke, the 27-year-old Hoewedes has a release clause in his contract, which expires in June 2017.
Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen released Emir Spahic from his contract with immediate effect yesterday following his fight with security personnel after the German Cup defeat to Bayern Munich.
“The latest revelations from the case last Wednesday leave us no other choice,” Leverkusen managing director Michael Schade said.
Bosnia’s Spahic was filmed fighting the club’s security personnel, reportedly after they refused to allow his friends entry inside the locker room area. Bayern won the quarterfinal match on penalties.
With Cologne’s public prosecutor involved, Leverkusen announced it was cooperating fully with the investigation.
Spahic accepted responsibility for his actions and agreed to terminate his contract, which was due to run to 2016.
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