FC Schalke 04: Rouven Schröder talks about winter

After a mutual upward trend, two mandatory defeats resulted in a formation of FC Schalke 04 again for disillusionment. It is open whether the financially disguised Bundesliga relegation can make new players in winter and wants.

In summer, Rouven Schröder was possibly the busiest man in German professional football. After the descent, the Rouven Schröders director was mainly responsible for the personnel complete conversion at FC Schalke 04.

16 External new entries Switched Schröder to Gelsenkirchen, more than 30 professionals from the balance gadder left the royal blue.

Money could hardly take the 46-year-old for the transfers. Just a little more than two million euros, Schalke invested - barely surprising, in view of the immense debt load, which pushes the territory club after years of mismanagement.

FC Schalke 04 has scope for winter transfers

Also in the upcoming winter transfer period, Schröder, Rouven Schröders board Peter Knäbel and Co. can not make economic with far from full. Especially since the bitter in the second round of the DFB Cup at third division 1860 Munich mean significant loss of revenue for Schalke.

Whether in January new players will find their way to the team of coach Dimitrios Grammozis, Schröder left at the edge of the Schalke training on Monday. We will only reorganize us when it fits, said Schröder. Possible transfers would have to be hand and foot.

Schröder led: We have room to do something. But the players who fit have certain ambitions, as far as the salary is concerned.

Grammozis had recently not excluded in the Kicker interview Winter Transfers. There we have not yet made a concrete thought, but it s something that we will tackle together in the coming weeks. The winter transfer phase is never lightweight - even right not to find affordable quality. We have to make every decision well Through, this is again very challenging for us, said the S04 coach.