On Sunday, FC Schalke 04 will start the remainder of the second half of the second half of the Bundesliga with the home game against Holstein Kiel. A lot is at stake not only for the club in the coming months, because the athletic performance also has a direct impact on the future of coach Dimitrios Grammozis and his protégés.
According to information from the “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung“The contract of the Schalke trainer would automatically be extended in the event of promotion. Grammozis’ working paper in Gelsenkirchen is currently only dated to the end of the season. How long the 43-year-old would be tied to the miners if he returned to the Bundesliga is clear from the report did not emerge.
Grammozis has been on the sidelines at FC Schalke 04 since March 2021, but could no longer prevent the crash into the second division. Although sporting director Rouven Schröder allegedly presented himself to today’s Cologne trainer Steffen Baumgart last summer, the royal blues continued to rely on Grammozis when they restarted.
At the moment, FC Schalke 04 have the promotion fully in their own hands, because after 18 match days the Revierklub is in fourth place in the 2nd Bundesliga and is tied with Third Hamburger SV.
Terodde will probably stay with FC Schalke 04
The Bundesliga return would not only be of immense importance for Grammozis. According to “Sport Bild”, the salaries of almost all leading players would increase by 35 percent – including goal scorer Simon Terodde, who is currently earning around 750,000 euros a year.
But even if the promotion should not succeed, FC Schalke would like to keep the 33-year-old. With 25 appearances this season, Terodde’s contract (until June 30th, 2022) would automatically be extended even if he stayed in the second division. Short joker appearances only count as half the stake. Nevertheless, Terodde should crack this mark in the course of the back series.
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