“A shame, I was ashamed”: The season of FC Schalke 04 also annoyed Supervisory Board chief Axel Hefer. He calls for a rethink – and hopes for sports director Baumann.
“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.
Hefer: “I was ashamed”
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, who was cited by several media by” Bild “,” Ruhr Nachrichten “and” WAZ “. “After this disaster season we should not have complained if we had relegated.” Schalke finished the season in 14th place.
For the time being, no personnel consequences
Personnel consequences, for example, for squad planners Ben Manga or CEO Matthias Tillmann, should not exist for the time being. “If it is now required that heads roll, it doesn’t help us. Now it is first a question of stabilizing the sporting situation”said Hefer, who still clearly criticized the composition of the squad and committed the new sports director Frank Baumann to clean up in the sporting field.
Clear order to new sports director Frank Baumann
“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, I 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 interim waiver of a sports board was wrong after the end of Peter Knäbel a year and a half ago: “It was a huge mistake to go to just two board members-that didn’t work.“
Hefer confesses: Funding cooperative “No success”
CEO Tillmann also heard 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”Hefer admitted. “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.
