Ghana mifielder Anthony Annan eases in at Schalke

Published on: 21 February 2011

Ghana mifielder Anthony Annan has spoken about his quick adaption to life at his new side Schalke 04.

The diminutive holding midfielder has impressed ever since he made his debut for the side against Borrusia Dortmund early this month.

Annan is excited to have settled at the club after joining from Norwegian side Rosenborg in the January transfer window.

"Currently, I'm still in the hotel, but that is going to change soon. The change is for me a great story. FC Schalke 04 is a great club with many great players. I am proud that I can play with Raul, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Christoph Metzelder, Manuel Neuer, Jefferson Farfan and many other strong football players together", he told the club's official website.

But it's not just the quality of players that has won Annan over. He has been impressed too with the German passion for football.

"The stadiums are much bigger and everything is very well organized. The audience figures are outstanding. In Norway there were 21,000 spectators, the stadium was sold out. In the Bundesliga, I'm lucky now to be able to regularly play in front of 60,000 fans," he said.

Annan says he has read with irritation stories that he was not keen to come to Schalke in the first place.

"I have never said such a thing. When it was clear that I was leaving Rosenborg Trondheim, I was asked where I wanted to go to the most. My answer was that I wanted to play in a big league - for example, the Spanish Primera Division or even the Bundesliga.

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