Dhe suspended Nabil Bentaleb at FC Schalke 04 has made his lack of understanding about the decision of the Bundesliga club public. “I took note of my completely unjustified exclusion from the professional team with great surprise and disappointment,” wrote Bentaleb on Instagram. He emphasized that despite disappointing results in the current season, he had always behaved “professionally”. Bentaleb closed his post with a thank you to the Algerian Association, national coach Djamel Belmadi and “some fans and players” for the “warm words and support”.
The 26-year-old midfielder was suspended from the club after Schalke’s 2-0 defeat against VfL Wolfsburg. Bentaleb was sorted out for the fifth time in three and a half years at Schalke under the now fourth coach, but thereafter repeatedly pardoned. This time, however, the decision should be final, at the latest by the end of the season they wanted to part with the midfielder, the Schalke team announced.
Madjid Yebda, the Algerian’s advisor, then announced to Sport1 that he would take legal action against Schalke if necessary, as there were no comprehensible reasons for the suspension. In his statement, Bentaleb further stated: “I had to endure bad criticism that bordered on racism” and referred to statements made by the former national player Steffen Freund in the Sport1 program “Doppelpass”. He is annoyed by experts who are “more interested in virtual fame than real journalism”.
Freund had drawn a connection between the lack of discipline of the Schalke players Bentaleb and Amine Harit and their origins. Friend later apologized on Twitter for “unfortunately expressing himself in such a misleading way”. TV broadcaster Sport1 distanced itself after the irritating statements of Freund from “statements that only allow room for interpretation to be racist or discriminatory in any way”.
Olaf Schröder, CEO of Sport1 Medien AG and CEO of Sport1 GmbH, said in a press release on Monday: “It is very important for us to emphasize very clearly that we are fundamentally and unequivocally against anything racist or in any way Wise to distance extremist ideas – and also offer no forum for such content on our sports platform. “
Freund caused a stir with his statements on the show because he drew a connection between the indiscipline of the Schalke players Bentaleb and Amine Harit and their origins. Freund said of Bentaleb: “He’s one of the best players. In the end, ended up at Schalke. But is of French-Algerian origin. Character … If you have a squad planner, you have to know that a lack of discipline comes quickly if he is not the one who is set. “And about Harit Freund said:” Of course he cannot do that with his roots either. “
“According to Steffen Freund, after a personal conversation on site while the program was still running, we gave him the opportunity to classify and revise his comments as a guest in our panel discussion. In addition, following the “double pass”, he did it again via the social media channels, ”said Pit Gottschalk, editor-in-chief of Sport1 GmbH.
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