The transfer of sporting director Rouven Schröder to RB Leipzig is nearing completion. “I assume that the change will be completed in the coming days,” said Schalke sports director Peter Knäbel on Sunday at “sky“. The 56-year-old confirmed “that we received an offer that fully meets the conditions that we agreed with Rouven when he resigned and we suspended the contract”.
As the “sports picture“ reports that Schröder is scheduled to start working for the cup winners on March 1st. According to this, Leipzig will pay 500,000 euros to Schalke, where Schröder is still under contract until 2024. According to information from the “dpa” only details have to be clarified.
At the end of October, Schröder withdrew from his post at his own request at the league rival. Even then there was speculation that he would soon be hired by the “Red Bulls” as sports director, after the post had been vacant since the summer of 2021 with Markus Krösche’s departure to Eintracht Frankfurt. Since RB announced the separation of squad planner Christopher Vivell in October, who moved to Chelsea, the new sports director Max Eberl saw a need for action.
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Eberl had never denied the speculation about a change from Schröder to the management of the Saxons – on the contrary. “Rouven is a very, very good friend of mine,” said Eberl recently. He had also emphasized several times “that the team is relatively small in terms of sport”. Schröder has long been considered the ideal solution for the Saxons. His name was mentioned on Leipzig’s Cottaweg last October. “An absolute professional, I can confirm that,” said coach Marco Rose in the fall, emphasizing: “A good guy.”
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