The Schalke 04 Gazette
Match19 Feb 2028
The wait goes on for Schalke 04
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad21 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Schalke 04
Lukas Klostermann and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Predrag Rajković falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets21 Feb 2028
Schalke 04 rebuffed over Tim Kleindienst
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. RB Leipzig have kept their man, and Schalke 04 go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The terraces21 Feb 2028
One of their own: Cyriaque Irié
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
A masterclass from Cyriaque Irié
Marked 8.29 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Player ratings21 Feb 2028
A masterclass from Lukas Klostermann
Marked 8.01 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Dejan Ljubičić gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match19 Feb 2028
Honours even between Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
In brief
- Market Adrian Gantenbein told to find a new club
- Squad Uwe Becker signs on for more
- The dugout Predrag Rajković asks for a word with the manager