Raul Completes Move To Schalke

Span­ish Leg­end Raul Com­pletes Move To The Bun­desliga With Schalke.

World foot­ball leg­end Raul, who made his name play­ing for Span­ish giants Real Madrid and the Span­ish national team, has com­pleted a trans­fer to Schalke in the Bundesliga.

The ex-Real Madrid man is an absolute icon of Span­ish and Euro­pean foot­ball. Over what has been a stel­lar career, Raul has man­aged 554 league games for Real Madrid and has scored an aston­ish­ing 228 league goals. Raul has also been capped 102 times for the Span­ish national team, scor­ing 44 goals. Raul is the top all-time Cham­pi­ons League goalscorer, as well as being Spain’s all-time high­est goalscorer.

Cer­tainly, Raul has had an incred­i­ble career. After spend­ing 18 years at Real Madrid, and 16 of those play­ing for the first-team, Raul has man­aged to lift an incred­i­ble six La Liga titles, four Super­copa titles, three Cham­pi­ons League titles, a UEFA Super Cup and two Inter­con­ti­nen­tal Cups. Incred­i­bly, Raul has not man­aged to win any national team hon­ours with the Span­ish national team.

Raul’s move to Schalke can only be seen as a good thing for the club and for the Bun­desliga. While it is true that he is get­ting to the end of his career at the age of 33, his pres­ence, his sta­tus on the Euro­pean and World stages and his clin­i­cal fin­ish­ing are untar­nished. Raul is a man who knows how to win, and he will bring that atti­tude to the Bun­desliga with Schalke.

Ger­man clubs have done well to secure the sig­na­tures of house­hold names this sum­mer like Michael Bal­lack and Raul, and even Ruud van Nis­tel­rooy in Jan­u­ary. Raul will add just that extra bit of class and skill that all Bun­desliga fans will love to watch.

Raul will wear the num­ber 7 shirt at Schalke.