Chapter 105 The Situation of Schalke 04
He defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0. Of course, Schalke 04 was very satisfied. On the contrary, Dortmund had to accept the bitter fruit of the defeat of the derby. In the Bundesliga in the 03-04 season, the last Rulderby battle ended in the Schalke 04 victory, which will add another big prize to the record of the two teams.
In Gelsenkirxing, Ruhr District, Germany, after the game, countless Schalke 04 fans who came to the stadium to watch the game came out of the stadium and walked to the square of Feltings together, constantly shouting "long live Schalke 04" and won such a game. They seemed to see the vertical Germany again. Schalke's legendary team, Schalke's team song also resounded throughout the city!
What everyone doesn't know is that in addition to the cheering fans and players, Tonis, the chairman of the supervisory board of Schalke 04 Club, is also very happy!
Who is Tonis?
Maybe many German fans have not heard of this name, but Tonis is the most powerful person in Schalke 04 Club.
Why do you say that?
Most of the clubs in Europe are based on the model of families and groups. It is operated, or directly belongs to the individual, such as Chelsea, which is now a Russian oligarch in the Premier League, Fulham of the Fati family, the Roma team of the Serie A Serie A family, or AC Milan of former Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. These are all family and personal business models, such as Manchester United, Arsenal and Real. Madrid and other teams are joint-stock clubs.
To sum up, whether it is an individual, a family or a joint-stock business model, the club will always be in charge, that is, the president of the club, but Schalke 04 does not...
It sounds strange. In fact, Schalke 04 Club is a joint-stock system, and most of the shareholders are all rich fans of Gelsenkirxing. In this mixed joint-stock system, the club will introduce some managers, such as the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Athletics, the Ministry of Sports, etc., each of which belongs to each department. There will be a manager, and Tonis is the director of the supervisory department and can supervise all other departments, so Tonis is the most powerful person in Schalke 04 Club.
In Gelsenkirxing, Tonis's reputation is unlimited, because in general, this guy never comes forward and belongs to the idle supervisor, but recently it has been different. As the largest executive of Schalke 04, he has recently received some secret information, that is, Gazpr, a Russian gas company. Om plans to enter Germany. The stepping stone is to inject capital into German clubs. Their investment direction may be one of the three teams: Schalke 04, Dortmund and Bochum. It is uncertain which club to invest in, but the more potential clubs are obviously more likely.
If the news is received in the first two years, Tonis is likely to ignore it.
As a pure Schalke, how can he hook his favorite club and money... But now, the Chelsea club of the Premier League has proved that it is absolutely feasible to attract foreign rich investment and development.
With the development of Schalke 04 Club, I'm afraid it's absolutely delusional to catch up with Bayern within ten years. Not to mention anything else, just to buy players now, the value of those big-name stars is getting more and more expensive year by year. With the finance that Schalke 04 can only say, it's good to have 10 million euros into the transfer market in a season.
In the current football world, 10 million euros probably can't even remember the waves, and not to mention Chelsea's investment is 100 million... One hundred million is still... With foreign investment, it is different. Schalke 04 is likely to directly become a giant crocodile comparable to Bayern!
Compared with the background, Schalke used to be the king of Germany. Compared with the fans, the whole Ruhr region, the fans of Schalke 04 are twice as many as those of Dortmund, not to mention the unsounding Bochum.
If there is such a large amount of foreign investment, then the revival of Schalke is in front of us, which is the reason why Tonis is happy.
Now, Schalke 04 has happily won a derby. I think anyone can see the strength of Schalke 04. Schalke 04 will definitely have more investment value because of this, at least in the eyes of ordinary people.
That's enough!
Tones will not reveal these details to the players of the club. Happy, this guy actually appeared at the team's celebration dinner that night. Don Jack saw the real manager of the club for the first time. He looked at it twice, and Tonis called him over happily.
"Jack!"
Tonys, who is fifty-five years old, looks very kind. He patted Don Jack on the shoulder and said, "I watched the game. Your performance is really good. I think you will become the future of Schalke 04!"
"Thank you!" Don Jack replied politely.
However, he doesn't feel very good. Don Jack Don doesn't like hypocrisy, and it feels uncomfortable to stay with Tonis, but Tonis's next sentence makes Don Jack feel much better: "Young man, here I want you to promise that you will definitely get a contract that will satisfy you at the beginning of next season!"
This is the main thing.
However, Jack Don doesn't feel anything, because he hasn't figured out where to go next season. People go high and the water flows low. If a better club invites him, Jack Tang feels that it is difficult to refuse. After all, Schalke 04 is not a rich family. It is necessary to become a big star to join a big team. Only in this way can there be a broader stage.
But if you still stay in Schalke 04, with Tony's guarantee, at least you don't have to worry about the performance of the contract. The original contract only had a weekly salary of about 20,000 euros, but it was a little less than his current performance.
You can make more money, and you deserve it. Of course, Don Jack will not refuse.
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No matter what the result of the game is, the Rulderby of Schalke 04 in the 31st round of the Bundesliga is over. On the second day, there were still people in the team talking about the game, but on the third day of training, no one mentioned it.
It's very happy to win the game, but after all, it's a thing of the past. At present, Schalke 04 has to deal with the last three games.
Three games, three opponents, namely: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg and Kaiserslautern.
Compared with other teams in the top of the Bundesliga, the opponents of Schalke 04 are obviously slightly weaker. In addition to Kaiserslautern's relegation crisis, which may be a very difficult match, the other two teams belong to the mid-end of the Bundesliga. In the later stage of the league, this kind of mid-end teams did not compete for the next season. European qualification, there is no relegation crisis, so most teams are coping with the game.
For them, it's good to win, but it doesn't matter if they lose.
So, the two games are still easy to play. Schalke 04 is now ranked fifth in the league. Due to the victory in the derby, Stuttgart lost to the opponent in the thirty-first round of the Bundesliga, and Leverkusen won smoothly. In this way, the ranking of Schalke 04 has not changed, but the gap with the fourth place Stuttgart is only two points, and It is only a quarter short of the third place Leverkusen.
With only three rounds left in the league, in theory, Schalke 04 is still likely to surpass the two teams.
However, this is only true in theory.
If Stuttgart can win two games and draw one game, with the advantage of goal difference, they will still rank higher than Schalke 04, and as long as Leverkusen does not lose two games, Schalke 04 will have no chance to surpass it.
In this way, it is very difficult for Schalke 04 to win the third place in the league, and the gap between the fourth and fifth in the Bundesliga is not big, which may make the team less motivated to play. After all, working hard for a long time depends on the faces of other teams, which is not good for anyone.
This is the current embarrassing form of Schalke 04.
This form also makes the German media, who have been looking forward to Schalke 04, also lack interest, because they feel that Schalke 04 has little hope of getting the top three in the league.
You can't get the top three in the league, that is, you can't qualify for next season's Champions League. It's just a qualification for the UEFA Cup, which is really difficult to attract the attention of most people. This form makes Schalke 04, who obviously won the derby, a little deserted around the club, because most media reporters care about the four teams: Stuttgart, Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Welder Bremen.