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title: "German international sparks Premier League signature scramble"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/german-international-sparks-premier-league-signature-scramble/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "TT Staff"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2012-12-28T16:45:44Z"
modified: "2012-12-28T16:45:44Z"
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# German international sparks Premier League signature scramble

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/07_holtby_lewis-150x150.jpg)[The Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/schalke-star-lewis-holtby-sparks-1508393) has today brought the Football Transfer Tavern to a hush with the news that Schalke player [Lewis Holtby](https://www.transfertavern.com/) is set to leave the club sparking a chase from a host of [Premier League](https://www.transfertavern.com/) clubs.

It had been hoped by the club that the player would follow the example of Klaas-Jan Hunterlaar and sign a new deal to keep him in Germany, but Holtby has decided to leave meaning that Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton could spark a war to land the midfielder.

Despite his half English roots, the player recently launched a scathing attack on the Premier League, throwing doubts over whether he would actually fancy a move to our shores. Holtby moaned about the lack of a winter break over here and said that: “The break in the Bundesliga gives everyone the chance to have a rest. We also get the chance to go back and spend time with our families over Christmas, which is important.”

He went on to claim that the lack of a break does not just take players away from their families but also runs the risk of injury saying that: “I know how ­important football is to English fans over the Christmas break, but it must take its toll on the players. For the rest of us it doesn’t make too much sense ­because when players are tired and playing so ­regularly you do pick up little niggles and ­injuries.”

Holtby played against Arsenal for Schalke in the Champions League group stages this term and the boyhood Everton-fan impressed on both occasions enabling his stock to rise even higher.

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