Transfer budget: 20 M. €

Possibly going:
Fraisl (to Rangers) =>can leave
Thiaw (to AC Milan) =>try to keep him
Itakura (back to Man City, end of loan) => wages too high, but try to keep him

Departing:
Churlinov => end loan, redundant
Lee Dong Kyung =>end loan, redundant


Need to sell:
Kabak =>good player, but too high wages
Value: 5,5 M. €
Harit =>good player, but too high wages
Value: 6 M. €
Matondo =>not good enough in real life, redundant, high wages
Value: 4,5 M. €
Mendyl =>not up to stadard
Value: 1,5 M. €
Wouters =>on loan anyway, just bag the money, stats in fifa are not that great
Value: 2 M. €
Mercan => not good enough, too low OVR and potential
Value: 0,5 M. €
Idrizi => not good enough, too low OVR and potential
Value: 1,5 M. €
Latza =>just bag the money, stats in fifa are not that great
Value: 2 M. €
Ranftl =>not good enough, too low OVR
Value: 1 M. €
Drexler =>not good enough, too low OVR
Value: 1 M. €
Rzatkowski =>not good enough, too low OVR
Value: 1 M. €

TOTAL sell value: 26,5 M. €
TOTAL with transfer budget: 46,5 M. €

Keep:
Ouwejan =>incredibly good, 1st league quality
Value: 5,5 M. € ; Costs: 7 M. €
Vindheim =>promising, but injured at the moment
Value: 1,5 M. € ; Costs: 3 M. €
Pieringer => good backup, man for the future
Value: 2,5 M. € ; Costs: 4 M. €

TOTAL Costs: 14-15 M. €
TOTAL transfer budget left: 30 M. €

Sign:
GK:
Pentz =>good stats, promising keeper, speaks German, fits to Schalke’s current level, just in general a realistic transfer
Value: 3 M. € ; possible costs: 5 M. €
Alternative: Loris Karius => actually one of my favorite keepers, got flamed ever since the infamous CL final, but actually he‘s a pretty decent keeper; Liverpool want to get rid of him, even though the wages might be high, he still fits to Schalke
Value: 2,2 M. € ; possible costs: 3,5 M. €

Midfield:
Seiwald (CM): very promising, also realistic transfer just like Pentz, market value in real life rising exponentially, Borussia Dortmund and M‘Gladbach also very interested in real life
Value: 6,5 M. € ; possible costs: 10 M. €

Invest the rest of the transfer budget into the youth scouts. Schalke always was famous for it‘s youth academy and because Schalke is currently playing at a lower level it should be easier for young prospects to get into the starting eleven.

As an additional challenge you can force yourself to make profit each season, because Schalke does also have an enormous amount of debt, about 183 M. € at the moment. That is also the reason why you can‘t get crazy with signings in the very first season and also why you are not able to pay every wage (the reason why for example Harit and Kabak are currently loaned out and why you should probably sell them)

It literally took me more than an hour to write this, so… if somebody reads this, just comment to let me know I did not waste my time completely :))))