Criticism also of Tillmann
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Supervisory Council leader Axel Hefer has challenged a fresh start at FC Schalke with a verbal all-round stroke and conceded the original goal of playing the Bundesliga promotion again in the coming year. “I don’t want to hear anything at the moment of a seasonal goal or great dreams. Nor is it time to develop a long -term strategy,” said Hefer on Monday in a media round.
In particular, the end of the season at the 1-2 on Sunday against SV Elversberg stealed the 47-year-old evil. “For me personally, the second smiling game of all times after relegation 2021 – a real shame, I was ashamed,” said Hefer. “After this disaster season we should not have complained if we had relegated.” Schalke finished the season in 14th place, the worst placement in the 121-year club history ..
Personnel consequences, for example, for squad planners Ben Manga or CEO Matthias Tillmann, should not exist for the time being. “If it is challenged that heads roll, it doesn’t help us. Now it is first of the time to stabilize the sporting situation,” said Hefer, who nevertheless criticized the composition of the squad and was given the new sports director Frank Baumann in a sporting area.
“The fans had to look at such a shit almost every weekend. We have groups in sports that do not work together, ego trips are driven. I get it out and have the coffee of it,” said Hefer. “Frank Baumann has to tidy up there, tough the consequences, also exchange leaders. We need a real team – on and off the square.”
Hefer himself was also self-critical and admitted more clearly than before that the meantime waiver of a sports board was wrong after the end of Peter Knäbel a year and a half ago: “It was a huge error to go to just two board members-it didn’t work.”
CEO Tillmann also received significant criticism for the cooperative model he had launched, in which Schalke fans can acquire shares in the arena. With revenue of a good seven million euros so far, the model is significantly behind expectations. “The project is not yet successful,” said Hefer. “From my perspective, the start time was not optimally chosen, the preparation time was relatively scarce.” The funding cooperative started in the middle of the club’s sporting crisis at the end of January.