Bonn (SID) – Rio World Champion Benedikt Höwedes has defended the recently harshly criticized football professionals from Bundesliga bottom Schalke 04. “Also at the risk of it being unpopular? And not everyone likes it, but: I am convinced that all Schalke players will kneel down and do everything within their broken self-confidence to somehow still be in the league stay “, the long-time captain told the news portal” t-online “:” Nobody wants to stay! “
The fact that the Royal Blues are likely to be relegated for the fourth time in the club’s history “just makes me sad,” said the 33-year-old: “This club belongs in the Bundesliga. But many completely wrong decisions have been made and are now being punished . ”
According to Höwedes, the precarious economic situation of the miners will probably lead to “the club having to sell players” and “needing liquid funds to be able to survive,” said Höwedes. “Some players will be too expensive for the second division,” believes the former defender, “the face of the team will change after the summer – it will have to change too.”
For Höwedes, in the event of relegation, it is clear: “Schalke must do everything in their power to get promoted again immediately. Should it really happen, the 2nd division should only be a very short slip.”
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