Mehmet Can Aydin is on loan from FC Schalke 04 to Trabzonspor. However, S04 definitely has a need in his position. Is there now the possibility of an early return?

Sometimes things happen very quickly in Turkey. After the Turkish media praised Mehmet Can Aydin just weeks ago, the right-back, who is on loan from S04 to Turkish top-flight club Trabzonspor until the end of the season, is now reportedly set to leave the club during the winter break.

This was reported by several Turkish online portals, citing information from club circles. But what is the truth of this story? The fact is that the 21-year-old, for whom Trabzonspor has an option to buy for around 1.4 million euros at the end of the season, has played ten of the first 16 games of the season.

That doesn’t sound too bad at first. It is also a fact that he was only on the substitutes’ bench for the last three games. Do Schalke, who certainly have a need at right-back alongside Cedric Brunner, possibly have the chance to bring Aydin back in January?

However, it seems far-fetched to assume that Aydin will leave the club during the current transfer window. After all, Aydin knew from the outset that he would be in a duel for the position with the experienced Danish international Jens Stryger Larsen. In the course of the first series, the Würselen-born player, who is said to have fallen into a performance slump, also benefited from injury-related absences.

Larsen has now returned to action in the last three games. However, Larsen also made a hair-raising mistake in the last game (2:1) at Istanbulspor and is now said to be on the winter transfer list himself. Therefore, another option on the right side of defense will be examined in the upcoming match.

But Trabzonspor will have entered into the loan deal with Aydin in the knowledge that the 32-year-old Dane’s contract expires at the end of the season and will not be renewed. Aydin was to be developed as a potential successor. It seems unlikely that this plan will be shelved after just six months, even though Aydin impressed at the start of the season. Even in Turkey