Schalke have “not written off” a move for Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg this summer, despite dropping into the 2. Bundesliga.
That’s according to journalist Dirk Schlarmann, who says the youngster can imagine spending another season on loan with the German side.
He has been with them since the summer but has barely featured this season, making just nine appearances in the Bundesliga after a torn ankle ligament and a foot injury ruled him out for much of the campaign.
He’s impressed when brought in to the side at the end of the season, though, and several reports in Germany have made it clear that Schalke would like to have him for another season at least.
That’s something Van den Berg is apparently open to, with a recent report and comments from the player insisting that he would prefer to have his future resolved and be playing than sat on the bench at Liverpool.
The question is what the Reds would like to do with the youngster moving forwards, with a season in the second division in Germany unlikely to appeal to Liverpool’s hopes of developing the defender at a higher competitive level.
That had been their hope for him this season when sending him to Schalke, who were a Bundesliga side and a step up from Preston, where he spent last season.
Their relegation, then, complicates their hopes somewhat but it seems they have not given up just yet, and Sky Germany report that he ‘can imagine staying’ where he is for another year a fact that gives Schalke hope according to Schlarmann.
“The question is how much interest there is from other clubs and what Liverpool want – but Schalke have not written him off 100% just yet,” he stated.
