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Jochen Schneider's nerves are tense.
Sometimes one question is enough to get you excited.
It is "silly" to expect him to reveal what the team could look like next season and which player contracts will also be valid in the second division.
"When the word transparency is put into context, 'say what is in the contracts', then I say: You didn't get it," Schneider had said in Sport1- "one-two-pass".
It was like a desperate attempt to somehow shake off its critics.
The sports director of FC Schalke feels pushed into a corner.
This is an additional problem besides the tense economic and sporting situation of the bottom of the table.
Because while the team also missed the 1-1 draw in Bremen to make up ground in the relegation battle, of all people, the man who is responsible for the sporting realignment of the club due to his office has been fighting a retreat for weeks.
Sports director Jochen Schneider has to plan in two directions
Source: AP / Martin Meissner
The response to Schneider's appearance was accordingly.
There was hardly a statement by the 50-year-old that was not taken apart in the fan forums.
There is consensus that Schneider, who only succeeded Christian Heidel in March 2019, is only responsible for a fraction of the mistakes that led the club into the crisis.
In addition, Schneider has to plan the future of Schalke, regardless of the league affiliation.
Regardless of how high the probability is that he will be gone after the end of the season - it is Schneider who has to make the personnel decisions.
The resignation of Tönnies and the consequences
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“We as the Board of Management are currently obliged to plan in two directions.
It's about numbers and the squad, ”said Schneider.
This also includes the obligation of a sports director who is supposed to work for Schneider and - should it come down - he may then inherit on the board.
"In consultation with the supervisory board, I am looking for a sports director," he confirmed.
That has nothing to do with the fact that if it doesn't work out to stay in class, he will very likely be gone - just like coach Christian Gross.
“Should the worst case occur, then it is clear that Christian Gross’s mission is over,” said Schneider.
However, the fact remains that he will not throw in the towel on his own initiative.
Sometimes you prefer not to look at all: Schalke coach Christian Gross
Source: AFP / LEON KUEGELER
There is currently a power vacuum in Gelsenkirchen.
There is no clear statement from the supervisory board as to how and with what personnel it will proceed.
This is due to the fact that the committee that appoints and, if necessary, dismisses the board has been in turmoil since Clemens Tönnies' resignation.
In addition, five of the eleven members must be newly elected.
And until that happens, it will be difficult to determine the club's course.
The timing of the choice is still open.
A general meeting is planned for June 13, but that is not certain because of the corona situation.
After all, no one can say whether the meeting, at which 123,000 members would be entitled to vote, can be held as a face-to-face event as planned.
In addition, the candidates who apply for a supervisory board mandate or who are said to want to do so want to go in extremely different directions.
Decisive questions about the future have to wait
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On the one hand, there is said to be the former professional Hans Sarpei, who had already submitted his application to the 2020 general meeting, which was canceled due to Corona.
Sarpei is considered a Tönnies critic.
On the other hand, long-standing CFO Peter Peters should also apply.
Peters, who resigned from the Schalke board in June 2020, is responsible for the high level of debt at board level.
His relationship with Tönnies was considered good for many years, but is said to have suffered considerably in recent years.
As long as the composition of the supervisory board has not been clarified, crucial questions about the future, such as a possible outsourcing of the professional department, will hardly be able to be discussed.
The question of who could follow Schneider as a sports director is therefore completely open.
Schneider, on the other hand, is still trying everything to strengthen the team that will play in the DFB Cup in Wolfsburg on Wednesday.
On Monday he worked on several options and was able to report execution late in the evening: Schalke gave Ozan Kabak to Liverpool.
The Turkish international is on loan until the end of the season, while a purchase option was agreed with the English, which could then give Schalke additional room to maneuver.
Shkodran Mustafi from Arsenal FC will replace Kabak.
The former international receives a contract until the end of the season.
Big about relegation, Kolasinac and Huntelaar
FC Schalke 04 clearly loses against FC Bayern Munich and remains bottom of the table.
Coach Christian Gross says he has to be optimistic and hopes that Sead Kolasinac and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar will be deployed soon.
Source: Stats Perform News