- Title: SOCCER-SCHALKE/DRAXLER Draxler leaves Schalke for Wolfsburg in record deal
- Date: 31st August 2015
- Summary: TOURETTES, FRANCE (MAY 19, 2012) (REUTERS) JULIAN DRAXLER TRAINING WITH GERMANY SQUAD CAMERAMAN DRAXLER RUNNING GERMANY MANAGER JOACHIM LOEW DRAXLER TRAINING GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (MARCH 28, 2012) (REUTERS) JULIAN DRAXLER ARRIVING FOR TRAINING GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (SEPTEMBER 17, 2013) (REUTERS) DRAXLER TRAINING WIDE SHOT OF TRAINING SESSION WEMBLEY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 18, 2013) (REUTERS) DRAXLER TRAINING WITH GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (OCTOBER 24, 2013) (REUTERS) DRAXLER WITH SCHALKE 04 COACH JENS KELLER CROWD DRAXLER WARMING UP GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (MARCH 8, 2013) (REUTERS) SCHALKE TRAINING SESSION DRAXLER TRAINING GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 25, 2014) (REUTERS) SCHALKE PLAYERS DRAXLER KICKING BALL TRAINING SESSION DRAXLER IN PRACTICE MATCH MUNICH, GERMANY (JANUARY 2, 2014) (REUTERS) DRAXLER WALKS PAST CAMERA HAND ON MOBILE PHONE
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- Story Text: Germany international Julian Draxler has left his home club Schalke 04 after 14 years to join VfL Wolfsburg on a five-year contract in a record transfer for the Ruhr valley club, Schalke sports director Horst Heldt said on Monday (August 31).
The talented 21-year-old World Cup winner became Schalke's biggest transfer ever in a deal worth 35 million euros, according to media reports.
The midfielder joined Schalke's youth team as a boy in 2001 and made his debut as a 17-year-old in 2011, playing 119 Bundesliga games and scoring 18 goals.
Wolfsburg, who have plenty of cash after selling Kevin De Bruyne for a reported 75 million euros to Manchester City and Ivan Perisic to Inter Milan for another 20 million, have also brought in central defender Dante from Bayern Munich as they prepare for the Champions League group stage.
The Wolves were Bundesliga runners-up last season and won the German Cup. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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