Schalke and Uefa show the only right reaction!
No Champions League final in St. Petersburg!
No more Gazprom advertising on Schalke jerseys!
Although these sanctions will not be able to stop Putin’s murders in Ukraine, they are still an extremely important signal.
Hopefully the time is now finally over in which associations and clubs dodge their responsibility. Anyone who takes millions from Russia could not and cannot acquit themselves of Putin’s war policy!
The fact that the Schalke board is now putting a stop to it is remarkable, because the heavily indebted club (237 million euros in debt) could even endanger its own existence. As a reminder: Royal Blue collects 9 million euros from Gazprom every second division year, and even 15 million euros in the event of promotion. Without this money, Schalke might have been insolvent for a long time.
Schalke’s most important task now is to permanently break away from Putin’s blood money companies. The club last had the financial strength and opportunity to ban Gazprom in 2017 – instead the contract was extended again.
► Ex-boss Clemens Tönnies signed the Gazprom contract with Putin in 2007 – maybe he will now help his heart club to find the way out of this madness…
He has money and contacts…
