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It has been four days since he informed the supervisory board that he would be stepping down at the end of the season.
The hostility against him was too great.
Now Alexander Jobst, Head of Marketing at Schalke 04, has made an appeal to the fans of the bottom of the Bundesliga table, who are threatened with relegation.
"I would like everyone to pause for a few seconds before posting something and ask themselves: What am I doing here?", Said the 47-year-old of "Bild am Sonntag".
“Of course Schalke is a special and emotional club.
But in the end it's just football.
It must not become normal when the board of a football club is offered personal protection. "
Jobst started his work at Schalke in 2011.
As a reason for the decision to leave the club, he cited the anonymous hostility as well as threats to which he and his family had been exposed for some time.
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He now reported that there had been requests to “literally pour gasoline over me and burn me.
Believe me: something like that does something to you, ”said Jobst.
At the Revierderby against Borussia Dortmund he was told from police circles that he should "move" to a stadium box and turn off the lights.
Authorities had advised him to only leave the office in daylight.
Looking at the famous saying of the former manager Rudi Assauer - "Either I can do Schalke or Schalke can do me" - Jobst said: "Now I can say: I'm the next one Schalke has done."
But I leave with the certainty that I will keep Schalke in my heart. ”Jobst has been on the Schalke board since 2011 and is responsible for marketing, sales and organization.