
According to the German media, the defender Rafinha of the team from Gelsenkirchen will play for the club next year.
It is reported that the Italians paid 8 million euros for the 24-year-old Brazilian, and the defender himself signed a four-year contract.
Rafinha joined the "Schalke" team in 2005 from his homeland, where he represented the "Coritiba" club.