Contract poker: Jochen Schneider reveals new details about the Schalke plan Stambouli and Caligiuri

There are new details in Schalke poker with Daniel Caligiuri and Benjamin Stambouli. Your contract expires on June 30th. Jochen Schneider now took a position.

• Daniel Caligiuri and Benjamin Stambouli are currently working on their comeback.
• Your contracts at FC Schalke 04 expire at the end of the season.
• S04 sports director Jochen Schneider reveals what the duo plans to do.

Gelsenkirchen - The people responsible at FC Schalke 04 do not want to use the word ' crisis ' for various reasons. Although the previous record in 2020 is truly not good , as RUHR24.de * reports.

FC Schalke 04: First S04 third of the Bundesliga second half is disappointing

3:11 goals and six out of 18 possible points - that's what the first third of the S04 looks like in the Bundesliga second half. Sports director Jochen Schneider (49) does not talk about the situation nicely, but also points out that there was a win and three goals in between.

Right, in the DFB Cup after 120 minutes against Hertha BSC. After 90 minutes it had been a 2-2 tie. The fact that FC Schalke 04 made one round at all was surprising because of the 0: 2 deficit after 45 minutes.

Daniel Caligiuri has been injured at FC Schalke 04 for weeks

Regardless of the impressive comeback on February 4, those responsible for S04 didn't suspect anything good . "At the latest it became clear that we were going to have some very uncomfortable weeks," as coach David Wagner (48) emphasized after the 0: 5 defeat against RB Leipzig.

Daniel Caligiuri (32) injured his left knee and has been missing from FC Schalke 04 for weeks *. The right midfielder was the next regular who broke away the Royal Blues in the longer term.

Although arrived in the meantime, for example, Jonjoe Kenny (22), Weston McKennie (21) and Suat Serdar (22) back. However, it is still going on until the trio is fully in its power again. Not to mention two other defensive specialists.

Salif Sané (29) has been injured since November 3. The tree-length central defender was the strongest player in the S04 to date. In March, the 29-year-old is supposed to start training again.

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The same applies to Benjamin Stambouli (29), whom David Wagner recently vehemently defended because of the unclear future at FC Schalke 04 *. The defensive midfielder stood out at the start of the season in the rather surprising position of the central defender.

Among other things, the "squires" justify the lack of many important players with what is currently the "most difficult phase for the coach since I have been here", as David Wagner says. The lack of quality in training also contributed to the fact that overall performance had deteriorated .

FC Schalke 04: Benjamin Stambouli's contract expires on S04

It is unclear how much Daniel Caligiuri and Benjamin Stambouli can contribute to this lack of quality being raised this season. What they both have in common is their contractual situation.

David Wagner also explains the currently difficult phase at FC Schalke 04 with the lack of quality in training.

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Both expire on June 30th. Basically , FC Schalke 04 signals the willingness to extend with the duo. In contrast to Bastian Oczipka (31) nothing could be announced yet.

FC Schalke 04: So the plan is with Daniel Caligiuri and Benjamin Stambouli

"I can't say anything about this without going into content and I don't like doing that," says Jochen Schneider when asked by RUHR24 . But even though he asks "for patience" until "something is ready to be spoken", he can then be coaxed out of the S04's plan .

"I assume that everything will be cleared up before the 34th matchday." It's on May 16th. A week before, at the last home game of the current season, bouquets are traditionally distributed. "Or not," says Jochen Schneider almost meekly in a subordinate clause.

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Bouquets are given to those who leave the club. "It's not always about the term. There are also other aspects of the contract," FC Schalke 04's sports director told RUHR24.

David Wagner had already explained that the older contract was mostly about the length of the new contract. With Daniel Caligiuri and Benjamin Stambouli this probably does not (only) apply.

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* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.