Britta Assauer, ex-wife of the late former Schalke manager Rudi Assauer, wants an official farewell game for the Knappen legend.
The coming year, in which Rudi Assauer would have turned 80, is a good opportunity for this, said Britta Assauer in an emotional short speech at the FC Schalke 04 general meeting.
Schalke CEO Bernd Schröder was open to the proposal. “Intuitively, I think the suggestion to do that is actually quite good,” said the 57-year-old. “We have to discuss that internally, when it fits in and how it fits in. If we do it, it has to have a good framework. We have to look at that now.”
Rudi Assauer had shaped Schalke as a manager for a long time. He died in 2019 at the age of 74.