The Tottenham Hotspur loanee is already a hit with his new fans.
Nabil Bentaleb
This summer saw Tottenham Hotspur boss Mauricio Pochettino take a ruthless stance in the transfer market – with several players deemed surplus to requirements at White Hart Lane and subsequently moved on.
One such player was Nabil Bentaleb. The Algerian international was loaned out to Schalke 04 for the season – with an option for the Gelsenkirchen club to buy him outright at the end of the deal should he impress.
He is certainly doing that at the moment.
German paper Bild reported on Bentaleb’s start to life at Schalke this weekend.
Leicester’s Marc Albrighton and Nabil Bentaleb
They say he has proved himself the ‘big boss’ in his 196 minutes for the club so far and that Schalke fans are already ‘in love’ with the Tottenham loanee.
Spurs fans will not be surprised.
They were always fond of Bentaleb, even when he was not playing, for his hard-working but cultured midfield dynamism.
Schalke fans are now enjoying the same feeling with the midfielder.
They can buy him outright for €19 million next summer and Bild report that this already looks a likely outcome.
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