{"id":601043,"date":"2021-08-31T17:43:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=601043"},"modified":"2021-08-31T17:43:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T21:43:07","slug":"matthew-hoppes-mallorca-move-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/matthew-hoppes-mallorca-move-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Hoppe\u2019s Mallorca Move Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer deadline day as plenty of movement across and another deal is now done with Matthew Hoppe\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/12\/takefusa-kubo-mallorca-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Mallorca<\/a> move now completed.<\/p>\n<h2>Matthew Hoppe\u2019s Mallorca Move Completed<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"de\">Der <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/S04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#S04<\/a> und <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCD_Mallorca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RCD_Mallorca<\/a> haben sich auf einen dauerhaften Transfer von <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewHoppe9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MatthewHoppe9<\/a> geeinigt.<\/p>\n<p>Danke f\u00fcr deinen Einsatz im k\u00f6nigsblauen Trikot und viel Erfolg in Spanien, Matthew! \u2618\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/S04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#S04<\/a> | \ud83d\udd35\u26aa | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hoppe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Hoppe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Schalke 04 (@s04) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s04\/status\/1432806020804399105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Move From Schalke Completed<\/h3>\n<p>With the transfer window drawing to a close, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/soccer-transfers\/story\/4465812\/mallorca-in-talks-with-schalke-over-usmnts-matthew-hoppe-source\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mallorca<\/a> have finalised a deal for Schalke player Matthew Hoppe on an initial one-year loan deal. It has been a busy couple of days for Mallorca as they have also brought in Kang-in Lee on a free transfer from Spanish side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/valencia-in-talks-with-leeds-united-over-helder-costa\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Valencia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hoppe\u2019s medical took place on Tuesday 31st August and with no issues the loan deal has now been completed.<\/p>\n<h3>USA Striker<\/h3>\n<p>Despite Schalke\u2019s financial plight and relation from the Bundesliga at the end of the 2020\/21 season, Hoppe was a shining light, scoring six goals in 22 appearances including a sensational hat-trick against Hoffenheim which was the first to be scored ever in the German top league by an American.<\/p>\n<h3>Gold Cup<\/h3>\n<p>In the Gold Cup Hoppe showed his versatility by playing on the wing as well as a central striker, something that appealed to Mallorca.<\/p>\n<p>Due to Schalke\u2019s dire financial situation, Hoppe was a player immediately touted as someone whose sale could bring in much-needed cash for the club even though they were reluctant to sell a star asset.<\/p>\n<h3>Relegation<\/h3>\n<p>Schalke\u2019s relegation has merely accelerated the departure of a player, who started his career via the residency academy programme at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/08\/31\/antoine-griezmann-atletico\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Barcelona<\/a> based in the USA and will now return to Spain in a bid to show his full potential and will certainly be a player to watch in the season ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"Y6fGeY2PRqtiA8sl53IFdQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1295486635\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Y6fGeY2PRqtiA8sl53IFdQ',sig:'DDR3UUqp2uT1BnueX_Lop1GIoiq7fFMQf3VOg2Hw1Vk=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1295486635',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transfer deadline day as plenty of movement across and another deal is now done with Matthew Hoppe\u2019s Mallorca move now completed. Matthew Hoppe\u2019s Mallorca Move Completed &nbsp; Der #S04 und @RCD_Mallorca haben sich auf einen dauerhaften Transfer von @MatthewHoppe9 geeinigt. Danke f\u00fcr deinen Einsatz im k\u00f6nigsblauen Trikot und viel Erfolg in Spanien, Matthew! \u2618\ufe0f#S04 | [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2488,"featured_media":601058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,6,28],"tags":[7581],"class_list":["post-601043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-la-liga","category-transfers","tag-matthew-hoppe"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}