Seeing as Schalke signed him straight from NPL makes me think he's been signed due to his physical attributes more than performances. But that's purely a presumption.Val has already signalled that George Timotheou, a strapping six foot three centre back, currently playing for a Belgian first division team (Zulte Waregem), will be heading to the Reds in January. He is 22 years of age.We have chased him in the past when he was playing for the Sydney FC youth team. He actually ended up going to Schalke and played mainly in their reserve team. However, he made a first team appearance against Stuttgart. He sounds like a promising player despite the fact that he does not seem to be getting much game time currently. We shall see.
He's apparently not featured for Zulte since the first two games of the season. I wonder if he has an issue with injuries?
Hopefully its just a case of a kid moving over to Europe too early and really benefiting from a return back to home for a season or two.