All around FC Schalke 04, the possible entry in the golden book of the city of Dortmund with Schützenhilfe for BVB in the Bundesliga title race continues to make waves. A squire legend can’t do anything with the idea.
Review: Dortmund’s Mayor Thomas Westphal said during the week according to “WAZ”: “If FC Schalke 04 beats FC Bayern next weekend and BVB becomes champions, then I’ll invite the current Schalke team to the town hall so that they can go to the enters the Golden Book of Dortmund.”
The SPD politician wanted to provide an additional incentive for Schalke, who are threatened with relegation, to tackle the Herculean task against leaders Bayern Munich on Saturday (3:30 p.m.) with particularly great commitment.
The throw-in met with little approval from Olaf Thon. “I find this suggestion quite wrong. I can’t imagine, with the best will in the world, that even a single Schalke player would sign the City of Dortmund’s Golden Book because he has done something for Borussia Dortmund,” said the native of Gelsenkirchen Interview with “t-online” clear.
S04 coach Thomas Reis made a similar statement at the matchday press conference on Thursday. “That’s not an issue for us. In the end, it’s about Schalke 04 and not about Borussia Dortmund,” explained the 49-year-old, adding: “Should that be the case, maybe we can come up with something else in Dortmund – for our fans too .”
FC Schalke 04 wants to annoy FC Bayern – “but not for Dortmund”
Meanwhile, Schalke veteran Thon hopes that the team will not be distracted by the headlines about the subject of Schützenhilfe at the weekend.
“They will do everything humanly possible to get something done in Munich. But not for Dortmund, but to stay in the Bundesliga,” emphasized the former national player. “Realistically,” FC Bayern is the “big favourite”.