Boateng attacked on Christmas Day

Schalke star Kevin Prince Boateng is recovering in hospital after he was allegedly assaulted on Christmas Day in Germany.

German newspaper Bild claims the former Tottenham midfielder sustained injuries to his ribs, back and neck after he was attacked in a street in Kaarst, near Dusseldorf.

A police statement read: "On Wednesday, December 25, 2013, at around 12.45, an incident of physical assault took place in Kaarst.

Julian Draxler will consider future in summer but won't leave Schalke in January

Germany midfielder Julian Draxler will consider his future again in the summer but does not intend to leave Schalke in January.

The 20-year-old Germany midfielder was a second-half substitute in the 1-0 win over England at Wembley on Tuesday night.

While Draxler openly admits he is a big fan of the Barclays Premier League and has been linked with moves to both Arsenal and Manchester United, he insists his full focus this season is on making continued progress with the Bundesliga side to secure a place in Germany's World Cup squad for Brazil.

De Bruyne advised to leave Chelsea for Schalke

Chelsea youngster Kevin De Bruyne has been advised by his national team manager Marc Wilmots to leave the club and sign for Schalke.

The Belgian international is a highly rated prospect in European football, though he has not managed to become a regular at Stamford Bridge this season.

This has led to some concerns that he will not be fit and ready to be a part of Belgium's squad for next summer's World Cup, and his manager feels he should move in order to play first-team football, according to Sport Bild.

Klopp 'ashamed' by Dortmund fans' behaviour

The 46-year-old coach was furious that some supporters launched smoke bombs, flares and missiles during the 3-1 victory over rivals Schalke

Borussia Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp has condemned the shameful actions carried out by a small group of the club's fans during the Revierderby on Saturday.

Despite Dortmund beating local rivals Schalke 3-1, the victory was over shadowed by the behaviour of some fans that launched smoke bombs, flares and missiles which caused delays.

Mourinho keeps players in the dark over line-up for Schalke showdown

The Portuguese is keeping his line-up secret for tactical reasons, while he had encouraging words for Samuel Eto'o after the striker broke his Blues duck at the weekend

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has kept all of his players bar John Terry in the dark over who will be starting against Schalke in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

The Portuguese has informed the veteran centre-half that he will play in Gelsenkirchen but will not disclose the remainder of his line-up until shortly before kick-off.

Kevin-Prince Boateng to start Schalke training today after recovering from injury

Ghana midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng will start training with his German side Schalke today (Monday) after recovering from the injury, GHANAsoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

The 26-year-old hoping that he will be fit enough to face English side Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League tomorrow as he is the club’s key player in continental competition.

Boateng missed Schalke’s 3-2 win over Eintracht Braunschweig on Saturday because of a knee injury, ending suspicion that he faked injury to avoid the crucial World Cup playoff win over Egypt in Kumasi last week.

Draxler eyes move away from Schalke

Schalke winger Julian Draxler has revealed his desire to join one of Europe's elite clubs.

Draxler, a product of the Schalke youth system, has been linked with a host of top sides after impressing in the Bundesliga in recent seasons.

And while the 20-year-old insists that for now he remains loyal to his boyhood club, he has acknowledged that he is keen to one day fulfill his "dream" of playing for a bigger side.

Schalke rout was Bayern's best performance this season, says Guardiola

The Spaniard was ecstatic with the efforts of his side after they drew level with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga table

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola declared his side's 4-0 win over Schalke on Saturday as their best performance under his tenure to date.

Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Mandzukic seized on slack defending by the hosts to send the Bavarians into the lead, before goals from Franck Ribery and Claudio Pizarro sealed a comfortable win.

The emphatic result, which sees the German champions move level on points with leaders Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga, prompted Guardiola to declare the win his best with die Roten yet.

Schalke 0-4 Bayern Munich: Bavarians move level with Dortmund

Pep Guardiola's side ran out convincing winners on Saturday evening and made sure they capitalised on BVB's earlier slip up.

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Bayern Munich moved level on points with Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Schalke at the Veltins Arena.

Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Mandzukic put Bayern two goals to the good after 22 minutes before Franck Ribery and Claudio Pizarro added further strikes in the second half to extend their unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to 31.

Kevin Boateng insists Italy is not a racist country

Kevin Prince-Boateng insists that Italy is not a racist country despite being subjected to abuse prior to his move to Schalke from AC Milan.

The club’s chief financial officer Peter Peters claimed earlier this month that the Ghana international’s desire to move was driven by racism in Italy, but he later admitted that his initial assumption regarding the attacking midfielder’s motives to leave Serie A had proved to be completely wrong.

Boateng has now had his say on the matter as well and has stressed that he did not leave Milan because of the racist incident.