World Cup winner Hoewedes commits future to Schalke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Schalke 04 captain Benedikt Hoewedes said he would not play for another club in Germany after signing a three-year contract extension until 2020 on Wednesday.

World Cup winner Hoewedes commits future to Schalke

(Reuters)





The 2014 World Cup winner with Germany has been at Schalke since 2001 and cannot envisage leaving a "unique club".

"I have said it before that I will play for no other club in the Bundesliga. At a time of the I, I want to stand for the We. For trust and loyalty," the central defender, currently injured, said in a statement.

"I will defend those words on and off the pitch."

The 27-year-old rugged defender joined the club as a youth player, breaking through to the senior team in 2007.

Schalke are fourth in the Bundesliga, two points off third-placed Hertha Berlin and battling for a Champions League place.





(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Justin Palmer)


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