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According to a media report, FC Schalke 04 want to advise on whether to avail themselves of financial help offered by the former club boss Clemens Tönnies (64).

"We have an obligation to deal with it and to weigh up all the pros and cons in terms of Schalke 04," said the current chairman of the supervisory board and Tönnies successor Jens Buchta in the newspapers of the Funke media group (Wednesday).

The former club boss Tönnies had withdrawn in the course of the Corona crisis in his meat business at FC Schalke last year.

Financing urgently needed access through a loan from Tönnies was not being considered by the financially troubled club, it said.

Apparently there is another gimmick in the debate.

Since Tönnies is still one of the Revierklub's sponsors through a company (“Böklunder”), according to the report, it is a possibility to expand this commitment or to extend it early and thus finance possible player transfers.

Most recently, sports director Jochen Schneider had not categorically ruled out any further financial commitment by Tönnies: "We will clarify and discuss this internally."

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According to the report, the decision to expand sponsorship should be made this week and must be made jointly by the board of directors.

The bottom of the table is still looking for reinforcements in attack and in the right-back position in the fight against relegation.

Criticism of Tönnies from fan circles

However, Tönnies is no longer aiming for an office in the club, it said.

Entry as an investor in the event of a later outsourcing of the professional department is also not an issue for Tönnies.

A renewed interference of the meat manufacturer in club matters is viewed extremely critically by various fan groups.

There had already been a lot of criticism after his racist statements in 2019.

The fact that Tönnies then suspended his offices for three months was seen by many supporters as insufficient.

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Against this background, the latest developments in the club environment are causing renewed displeasure.

“A Schalke 04 with Clemens Tönnies must never happen again,” tweeted the fan group “Schalke only as e.

V.! ".

Stefan Barta, who had organized a large demonstration against the former sponsor of the association shortly before Tönnies' retreat, expressed himself similarly critical in “Spiegel”: “I think that Clemens Tönnies is a narcissist who, in my opinion, was never really all about Schalke , but more about yourself. "