Simon Terodde has scored three goals in 15 games this season.Image: www.imago-images.de / imago images
Bundesliga
With 30 goals in 30 games, striker Simon Terodde played a large part in Schalke 04’s direct promotion back to the Bundesliga. The attacker didn’t go quite as strong. After 15 games he only has three goals. But it’s not just for the 34-year-old that things aren’t going well so far, but overall the royal blue experienced a first half of the season to forget. Schalke is at the bottom of the table and five points behind the relegation place.
In addition, there is the departure of sports director Rouven Schröder, the threatened change from sports director Peter Knäbel to the DFB and the question of newcomers and the unresolved question of who should take over the squad planning for the coming years.
The captain plays an important role in this question. Because Terodde’s contract only runs until the summer, then he can choose his new club. Talks with the S04 bosses are said to have not yet taken place.
Terodde wants to provide clarity at Schalke
However, he is not surprised that no club manager has sought to speak to him. “The club can’t plan much, whether it’s in the first league or the second league. That’s probably why it’s at the back for now“, he said in an interview with Sky.
He is currently preparing for the second half of the season with the team in Belek, Turkey. There Schalke meets Eintracht Frankfurt in a difficult away game on January 21st.
Simon Terodde and Schalke are preparing for the second half of the season in Belek, Turkey.Image: www.imago-images.de / imago images
But Terodde is sure that Schalke can keep the class under Thomas Reis, who took over the team shortly before the World Cup break. “The constellation is certainly not the easiest. However, the last games under the new coach have shown that we are competitive.” He also counts on the support of the Schalke fans, who would stand behind the team “like one”.
Terodde emphasizes emotional connection to Schalke 04
It is precisely in front of these fans that he wants to play for a while. Because the striker has a clear tendency as to how things should continue for him after the summer. “If I were to choose, we can meet here again next year. That would mean I’m still playing here.”
After five different clubs in the past seven years, a longer stay in Gelsenkirchen is now the “goal”.
For him, Schalke is a “great club”. “Something grew together – especially emotional for me,” said the record goalscorer in the second division, who has already gone on the hunt for goals for Union Berlin, 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum, VfB Stuttgart and Hamburger SV.
Actually, football professionals should be role models for young people because of their wide reach. Children orientate themselves on the well-paid footballers, strive for them and often imitate them.
