GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — Schalke has signed former Germany left winger Robin Gosens on loan from Italian side Fiorentina.
Schalke, which secured its promotion back to the Bundesliga last season, said on Friday the 32-year-old Gosens was joining on a contract that can lead to a permanent deal should certain conditions be met.
Kicker magazine reports these include Schalke securing its status in the top division next season and Gosens making a set number of appearances for the club.
“We’re delighted that Robin Gosens has chosen us. We’re getting a player of immense quality and a true leader for our squad,” Schalke sporting director Youri Mulder said. “Over the past few years, Robin has demonstrated his commitment, mentality, and an unwavering drive for success at both club and international levels.”
Gosens made 24 appearances for Germany, the last of those in 2025.
He joined Fiorentina in 2024 from Union Berlin — his only previous Bundesliga club — after stints at Inter Milan and Atalanta, where he first rose to prominence after beginning his career in the Netherlands.
Gosens was born to a German mother and Dutch father in Emmerich, a German town near the Dutch border. He joined Dutch team Vitesse Arnhem before his 18th birthday in 2012.
Gosens played top-division football in the Netherlands for Heracles Almelo before joining Atalanta in 2017. Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini brought out the best from the tireless player in a 3-4-3 formation, where he played as a left back or winger.
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FILE - Fiorentina's Robin Gosens, left, and Betis' Aitor Ruibal fight for the ball during the Conference League semifinal first leg soccer match between Betis and Fiorentina at the Benito Villamarin stadium in Seville, Spain, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Breton, File)
Boeing will be allowed to take responsibility for certifying all of its 737 Max and 787 planes starting next week, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.
The FAA said that after months of review the agency decided that Boeing's final safety checks on its planes are good enough to ensure they are airworthy.
Since September, Boeing and the agency had been taking weekly turns performing the safety checks that are required before aircraft are cleared for delivery and declared safe to fly. The FAA said Friday that the plane maker and government inspectors were both issuing similar findings as they issued airworthiness certificates.
Federal regulators took full control over 737 Max approvals in 2019, after the second of two crashes that were later blamed on a new software system Boeing developed for the aircraft. The FAA ended the company’s right to self-certify 787 Dreamliners in 2022, citing ongoing production quality issues.
“Safety drives everything we do, and this step forward is only possible because we are confident it can be done safely,” FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said.
Government inspectors will continue to oversee Boeing’s factories, but Bedford said they will now be able to focus more on finding and addressing potential defects earlier in the manufacturing process. The plane maker said it will continue working to improve safety.
“Boeing will continue to work under the oversight of the FAA in building safe, high-quality commercial airplanes that comply with all airworthiness certification requirements,” Boeing said in a statement.
Over the past year the FAA has also been easing the monthly production limits it imposed on Boeing's 737 Max jets after a panel flew off one of those planes operated by Alaska Airlines midflight in January 2024. That limit has gradually increased from 38 per month to reach 47 per month this summer.
FILE - Boeing employees work on a 737 MAX airplane on the final assembly line at Boeing's plant in Renton, Wash., on June 15, 2022. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool, File)
