{"id":9952,"date":"2018-01-09T18:41:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T23:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=9952"},"modified":"2018-01-12T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T19:23:04","slug":"schalke-sign-hoffenheim-striker-mark-uth-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/01\/09\/schalke-sign-hoffenheim-striker-mark-uth-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Schalke sign Hoffenheim striker Mark Uth for next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TSG 1899 Hoffenheim forward <strong>Mark Uth<\/strong> will join Schalke on a free transfer for the 2018-19 season, the club have announced. Uth\u2019s contract expires at Hoffenheim at the end of the current season. He has agreed\u00a0to a four-year deal at the Veltins Arena which runs until June 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old striker has scored 28 goals for Hoffenheim since joining from Dutch side Heerenveen in 2015, this includes an impressive nine goals in 16 top-flight matches this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This season&#8217;s most prolific German forward to join <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Schalke?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Schalke<\/a> on a free in the summer on a 4-year deal \u26bd More on Mark <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Uth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Uth<\/a> transfer ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WUBWQCAGzl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/WUBWQCAGzl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/s04?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#s04<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hg9j0IHVAH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Hg9j0IHVAH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/s04_en\/status\/950679751534039040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Schalke sign Hoffenheim striker Mark Uth for next season<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m certain that moving to Schalke is the correct next step in my career,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bundesliga.com\/en\/news\/Bundesliga\/schalke-sign-mark-uth-from-hoffenheim-on-a-free-transfer-467889.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said Uth upon the announcement<\/a> of his transfer to Gelsenkirchen next season. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to the new challenge from the summer, but until then it goes without saying that I&#8217;ll be giving it everything I&#8217;ve got to help Hoffenheim achieve their aims this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mark Uth is currently the best German goal scorer in the Bundesliga and will really improve our attacking options from the summer,&#8221; said Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel. &#8220;We&#8217;re really pleased to be able to bring him to Schalke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The announcement means two star players have left Hoffenheim with coach <strong>Julian Nagelsmann<\/strong>, having already bid farewell to <strong>Sandro Wagner<\/strong> this winter, the striker joining <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bayern Munich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"iEzqJLV4QUd0Pe7PIntFTw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/896745574\" 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:'iEzqJLV4QUd0Pe7PIntFTw',sig:'G7SnvEymoBsU2z3_y175nv3HN44x5Qn6IFn3gqb7AUA=',w:'594px',h:'412px',items:'896745574',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>SINSHEIM, GERMANY &#8211; DECEMBER 13: Mark Uth of Hoffenheim controls the ball during the Bundesliga match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart at Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena on December 13, 2017 in Sinsheim, Germany. 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