With Schalke 04, the months of search for a sports director ended. Frank Baumann becomes the new strong man in the sporting area.
Sports director Yuri Mulder confirmed the personnel on Sunday before the Schalke parties. Only the approval of the Supervisory Board is still pending. It is considered a matter of form. “I think it’s a good choice,” Mulder told the TV station Sky. According to Sky, Baumann introduced himself to the committees on Sunday morning. The “kicker” first reported on the personnel.
Baumann – players and managers in Bremen
Baumann, who played 356 games for Werder Bremen during his active career, also has great experience at official level. In 2010 he moved to the management of the north club, where he held several positions. Most recently, from 2016 to 2024, he worked as managing director of sports and experienced numerous ups and downs there.
At the Gelsenkircheners, he should now put together a team with which Bundesliga return can be realized in the medium term. At the same time, he has to achieve transfer revenues with the players in order to steer the highly indebted association financially in the right direction.
Schalke negotiated with many candidates
At Schalke, the post of the sports director according to Peter Knäbel was vacant around the year 2023/2024. Before Baumann, the miners had spoken to some other candidates – including Fredi Bobic, Jörg Schmadtke, Jonas Bolt and Dietmar Beiersdorfer. But either the club sometimes suffered painful cancellations or could not be agreed.
Our sources:
- News agency dpa
- kicker.de
- Sky
