Schalke should be saved with tax money in an emergency
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David Wagner on the demos against Tönnies
Many Schalke fans are calling for Clemens Tönnies to resign after a second half of a season that is desolate. David Wagner speaks after the last BL game of the season.
FC Schalke 04, which has gotten into a difficult state, apparently receives state support. According to a report, North Rhine-Westphalia is planning a high million guarantee for the Bundesliga club. That raises questions.
Dhe FC Schalke 04 should receive public aid according to the “Handelsblatt”. As the newspaper reports, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is planning a guarantee for the financially troubled Bundesliga soccer club in the amount of 40 million euros. According to BILD, it is about 30 million.
According to this, the million aid with which Schalke will once again become creditworthy will be officially announced on Wednesday. The state finance ministry did not want to comment on the guarantee secret.
The Bundesliga twelfth reported liabilities of EUR 197 million for the 2019 financial year. The loss of revenue caused by the Corona crisis created additional financial problems.
In addition, after 16 games without a win, the club missed the qualification for a lucrative European competition. Not least because of this, the club is considering introducing a salary ceiling for professionals of 2.5 million euros per year.
Tönnies is under massive pressure
During protests last Saturday on the Berger Feld club premises, fans had asked for the retirement of supervisory board chief Clemens Tönnies. He is still under massive pressure as head of the company and as head of the Bundesliga team.
In the main plant of the Tönnies meat group in the district of Gütersloh, well over 1,000 employees were infected with the corona virus. That is why there was fierce criticism of the working conditions in the company. Many Schalke fans are calling for Tönnies to resign from the Royal Blues.
Not only because of the Tönnies case, but also because of the millions of football professionals, a state guarantee in certain parts of the population should be misunderstood. And not only there. Especially in NRW there are numerous other large football clubs with financial worries, such as Rot-Weiß Essen or VfL Bochum. Should these now also be supported?
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