How much Schalke have paid to get Miron Muslic from Plymouth Argyle revealed | OneFootball

Muslic is set to jump ship and join the Bundesliga 2 outfit.

Plymouth Argyle will receive roughly £840,000 in compensation money as a result of Miron Muslic's expected move to FC Schalke.

It broke through Fabrizio Romano on Wednesday that the German second division side had activated the Austrian coach's release clause and that he was on course to join the club. Other clubs from the same country, including Köln and Hannover, were also said to be keen on Muslic, as were Plymouth's former relegation rivals Hull City.

The move came as a shock to the Pilgrims. They were under the impression that Muslic was going to stay at Home Park for the foreseeable. They've already made a couple of signings - Jamie Paterson and Caleb Watts - for their boss, who is now set to go and join Die Knappen.

A statement on Wednesday from Plymouth read: "Despite regular communication since the end of the season, and no mention of any issues, Miron has now made it clear that, after extended periods away from his family, this opportunity provides him the chance to be closer to them after four years on the road.

"We are frustrated by this decision, having implemented clear structures, processes and personnel to aid Miron and his coaching staff as we look to return to the Sky Bet Championship at the earliest opportunity.

"Not only that, the club have also moved quickly to bring in new signings and received repeated verbal promises from Miron that he was committed to Argyle and would do everything to help the club bounce back to the second tier."

Plymouth Argyle, Miron Muslic compensation fee revealed

According to German journalist Florian Plettenberg, Argyle will receive €1 million (~ £840,000) in compensation as a result of Muslic's move.

He joined the club in January and led them on a remarkable run. Plymouth's form in the last 20 games of the season was top-half-of-the-league-level. Despite this, the ex-Cercle Brugge boss wasn't able to steer the Pilgrims away from the drop that they seemed destined to make all season, although he claims he would've kept them up had he been there from the start.

Miron Muslic's FC Schalke switch shouldn't come as much of a shock to Plymouth supporters

From the club's side of things, if they'd had word from their boss that he was going to be with them long-term, and that's the reason why they made their first two signings, the jump to Schalke will have been understandably annoying for them.

Let's look at the big picture though. Like Plymouth said in their statement, this move gets him closer to home. Plus, Schalke are one of the biggest clubs in Europe. They have a huge fanbase and a history of winning major trophies and competing on the continental stage. It really shouldn't be much of a surprise that he wanted to make this move.