Is he already quietly singing the Steigerlied and the club anthem?
The 2022 start on Sunday against Kiel (1.30 p.m. / Sky) is also the first Schalke game for new boss Bernd Schröder (55).
Despite the empty arena (only 750 spectators are allowed in), the chairman of the board hopes for a victory and the start of a successful era. Especially with its namesake …
Schröder & Schröder – they want to become Schalke’s promotion duo!
► Sports director Rouven Schröder (46) has established himself as the sporty strong man. With the transfers of Andreas Vindheim (26 / loaned from Sparta Prague) and Dries Wouters (“rented” to KV Mechelen) as well as the upcoming extension with Can Aydin (19 / until 2025), he is proving his ability to act again.
Rouven Schröder turns little money into a useful amount, more right than wrong. Sports director Peter Knäbel (55) was able to retire completely to the 2nd row.
► Bernd Schröder (contract until June 30, 2025) must now become the second Schalke face. He is currently digging deep into the dramatic problems of the debt club (€ 237 million lousy) and is called upon to renovate and modernize.
Foto: picture alliance/dpa/FC Schalke 04
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Reducing costs as hard as possible and still avoiding a wave of layoffs, lucratively selling catering rights in the middle of the Corona crisis and gaining new sponsors from the high-tech industry – Schalke will probably be the hardest mission of his career for Bernd Schröder.
Everything would be a little easier if Rouven Schröder formed a team around star striker Simon Terodde (33) that made it back to the Bundesliga.
Schröder & Schröder want to see his next promotion goal on Sunday!
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