schalke have signed manchester city defender matija nastasic on a four year contract after the german club activated a transfer clause in his contract the 21 year old was on loan at the bundesliga outfit, but will now remain at the veltins arena on a permanent basis a tweet from the club's twitter account revealed the news, stating: 'schalke have activated the transfer clause with nastasic and he will remain at so4' manchester city defender matija nastasic (right) has joined schalke on a permanent deal  the 21 year old was on loan at the bundesliga club, and they have now activated a transfer clause  schalke boss roberto di matteo has decided to make nastasic's loan deal at schalke permanent  speaking to schalke's website, nastasic said of the move: 'i am proud and happy to remain at schalke from day one, i was immediately a part of the team in the future i would like to help achieve our goals as a team' nastasic made nine appearances during his loan spell at the club, including the full 90 minutes of their 4 3 win over real madrid in the champions league on tuesday night the serbia international defender joined manchester city in 2012, and immediately impressed in his first season at the club he was named city's young player of the season in may 2013, but was hampered by injury for much of the following season, losing his place in the starting line up the serbia international impressed during his time at manchester city, but was hampered by injuries  nastasic won young player of the year in may 2013, but only made one appearance for city this season 
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manchester city defender matija nastasic has joined schalke permanently  the 21 year old was on loan at the bundesliga club, and they have activated a transfer clause in his contract to keep him  he has signed a four year contract at the german club  nastasic joined manchester city in 2012, but struggled to hold down a first team place after a season plagued by injuries  click here for the latest manchester city news 