2nd league
Schalke and sports director Knäbel are parting ways in the summer
Leaving Schalke after the end of the season: sports director Peter Knäbel. photo
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The next important personnel decision has been made at Schalke. Peter Knäbel can’t continue after the season.
FC Schalke 04 and sports director Peter Knäbel are parting ways after the current season. According to information from the German Press Agency, the 57-year-old’s contract, which expires in the summer, will not be extended. Knäbel is not available for another term of office.
Relegation battle instead of promotion
The Gelsenkirchen team is currently lagging far behind their own demands in the 2nd league. Instead of playing for direct promotion, the Bundesliga relegated team is in the relegation relegation zone. Coach Thomas Reis has already replaced Schalke with the Belgian Karel Geraerts.
Recently, however, there has been repeated criticism of the composition of the squad, which Knäbel was mainly responsible for. Sports director André Hechelmann will now focus even more on transfers in the coming winter change period.
Knäbel initially came to the traditional club from the Ruhr area as technical director in April 2018. He was appointed to the board in March 2021.