The Germany midfielder will move across the Bundesliga to one of Bayern’s rivals as they look to challenge for the title in 2018-19 <\/p>\n
Sebastian Rudy has completed his move to Schalke from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
The Germany international signed a four-year deal to wrap up a transfer worth a reported\u00a0\u20ac16 million (\u00a314.5m\/$18.7m), ending a season-long stay with Bayern.<\/p>\n
Rudy’s arrival will help Schalke address the loss of Leon Goretzka to Bayern after finishing second to the runaway champions in last season’s Bundesliga.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n “I’m convinced of the way the club wants to go and would like to be a part of it,” Rudy told Schalke’s website.<\/p>\n “And I’m really looking forward to the fans and the atmosphere at Schalke.”<\/p>\n Schalke coach Domenico Tedesco expects Rudy to make an immediate impact in his team.<\/p>\n “We are happy to have Sebastian for our journey here at Schalke,” Tedesco said.<\/p>\n “We get a very smart and technically savvy player in the squad, who has already proven his skills internationally.<\/p>\n “We are certain that with his qualities and experiences he will enrich our sometimes very young team and can help us directly.”<\/p>\n Rudy found himself pushed down the pecking order at Bayern following the champions’ signing of Goretzka, who he will now replace at Schalke, but they recognise he made a solid contribution in his solitary campaign at the club.<\/p>\n “I would like to thank Sebastian for his achievements,” said Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.<\/p>\n “He has played an important part in winning the sixth title in succession last season. We wish Sebastian all the best for his future.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Germany midfielder will move across the Bundesliga to one of Bayern’s rivals as they look to challenge for the title in 2018-19 Sebastian Rudy has completed his move to Schalke from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich. The Germany international signed a four-year deal to wrap up a transfer worth a reported\u00a0\u20ac16 million (\u00a314.5m\/$18.7m), ending a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n