The 64-year-old Tönnies had recently come under massive criticism after a corona outbreak in his meat company. It was only on Saturday, parallel to the last game of the season, that Schalke demonstrated at 0: 4 at SC Freiburg around 1000 fans on the club grounds against the mighty Schalke boss.
Trouble with tonnies
Tönnies has been a member of the club’s supervisory body since 1994 and has chaired it since 2001. During this time, Schalke won three cups, five times runner-up and played ten times in the Champions League. In the end, however, the sporting and economic problems became bigger and bigger. Schalke almost relegated in the 2018/2019 season. In the season that has just ended, the club dreamed of returning to the European Cup after coaching David Wagner, but crashed abruptly in the back series.
After 16 games without a win, Schalke only ended the season in twelfth place. Even before the Corona crisis, liabilities grew to almost EUR 200 million. If necessary, the club is said to have applied for a guarantee from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in order to ensure its continued existence.
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