Four points from five games, twelfth place in the table and an internal goalkeeper problem: At FC Schalke 04, the first few weeks in the 2nd Bundesliga didn’t really go according to plan. In the international break, peace should now return to Royal Blue.
Both on and off the pitch, the people of Gelsenkirchen are trying to get the mood around the club back on track as quickly as possible.
On the one hand, the dispute over goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann was settled at the start of the new week. After his advisor Stephan Backs was very critical of how FC Schalke dealt with his client in an interview, Fährmann was removed from the squad for the league game at Holstein Kiel.
On Monday he returned to the Knappen training ground. By the way: What was discussed after the consultant interview between head coach Thomas Reis, the club management and keeper Ralf Fährmann should remain secret: “We keep that internally,” license player manager Gerald Asamoah was quoted as saying in the “Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung”.
FC Schalke 04: Test match scheduled at SSV Ulm
At the start of the new training week at Schalke, there was also new information about the recently injured players. Kenan Karaman and Bryan Lasme only completed one individual training session in the sports hall this Monday and have not yet been back on the pitch with their teammates.
Dominick Drexler is at least one step further. The leading player, who was also struggling with muscular problems recently, was able to train again on a secondary pitch and completed an individual running session.
In the week when there are no competitive games, FC Schalke 04 have a friendly against third division side SSV Ulm (from 6:30 p.m.) on Friday.