Going nowhere: Schalke’s Julian Draxler (Picture: AP)

Schalke have dismissed talk of any potential Julian Draxler move to Arsenal as ‘wild speculation’, and insist the midfielder will not be leaving now or at the end of the season.

The Gunners have been heavily linked with a move for the 20-year-old in the current window, with a summer move being mooted if a deal fails to materialise this month.

However, Schalke’s general manager Horst Heldt insists the German international is going nowhere for the foreseeable future.

‘I am not aware that Julian would like to leave us, neither in the winter nor in summer,’ Horst Heldt told German newspaper WAZ.




‘There is no question of a bid regarding Julian. At the end of it, it’s wild speculation, which takes place over there in England.

‘The clubs would have to report to us if they were interested.’

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