At FC Schalke 04, something seems to be happening shortly before the end of the day. As the sports journalist César Luis Merlo reports, the Colombian Éder Balanta is moving from FC Brugge to Gelsenkirchen. The Knappen loan the defensive midfielder until the end of the season.
According to Merlo, Schalke will not secure a purchase option. The mission of the six is clear: he should brace himself with the Royal Blues against the threat of relegation from the Bundesliga. With ten points, Schalke ranks last in the table, six points behind the saving bank.
The 29-year-old Balanta brings the necessary experience to help S04 immediately. The left footer played 112 competitive games for Bruges in just over three years, 18 of them in the Champions League. Balanta previously played for FC Basel (89 competitive games) and for the traditional Argentine club River Plate (83).
