Bundesliga club wants to be “safe”
FC Schalke 04 is considering signing guest player Timothée Kolodziejczak. The former Gladbach central defender is in training with the Royal Blues to keep fit. “We notice that he has a certain amount of experience,” said sporting director Rouven Schröder after the 31-year-old’s first sessions. We have to be sure,” Schröder continued.
Coach Frank Kramer referred to the currently tense personnel situation of the “miners” in defense. Marcin Kaminski, Ibrahima Cisse and Sepp van den Berg are currently injured. “We have a bottleneck there,” said Kramer. “He makes a serious, objective impression.” Kolodziejczak only played two games for Borussia in 2017 after moving from FC Sevilla to Gladbach – both against Schalke. Most recently, the veteran was under contract with AS Saint-Étienne and made 30 appearances in Ligue 1 last season.
In order to stabilize Schalke’s defense, which was very vulnerable recently, Kramer is toying with the idea of switching to a three-man defense against 1899 Hoffenheim (8.30 p.m.) on Friday. “We don’t want to rule anything out. We want to have the best possible option for ourselves,” said Kramer, who has come under a lot of pressure and who has to fear for his job in the event of a defeat. There could also be changes in personnel compared to the 0: 4 at Bayer Leverkusen last weekend.
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