Schalke's director of sport Horst Heldt denies plans of raiding the Premier League transfer market for January.
Schalke have been linked with Arsenal attacker Lukas Podolski and Chelsea winger Andre Schurrle.
Gelsenkirchen is not going to be a destination for either of them, though, with Heldt ruling his club out of the running.
"We're not considering Andre Schurrle at all," he said in Sport Bild magazine. "And the same goes for Xherdan Shaqiri and Lukas Podolski."
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