Corona tangle: is Alexander Nübel playing for Schalke and FC Bayern this season?

Corona and the Bundesliga: If the season continues in the summer, players like Alexander Nübel could play for two clubs - in this case for FC Schalke and FC Bayern.

• Corona and the Bundesliga : The DFL interrupts the season until at least the beginning of April.
• The Corona virus causes a huge confusion in professional football - many contracts end on June 30.
• Alexander Nübel changes from FC Schalke to FC Bayern on July 1st - and wears the jerseys of two clubs in the same season?

Munich / Gelsenkirchen - June 30th. In professional football, this date is something like a red line. The transfer market opens at midnight, when contracts of row players expire at row clubs. Until then, everything has usually been played, the season is over, the professionals are currently at a European Football Championship or World Cup - or are already on vacation. Impressions on Facebook and Instagram included.

Corona in the Bundesliga: DFL suspends play

But in 2020, in times of Corona , everything is different. The top European leagues, including the Bundesliga *, have suspended their games until the beginning of April due to the rapid spread of the corona virus .

“It may be necessary for the euro to be postponed. But it is also possible that June will be available for the leagues, ”Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge recently explained about the tricky situation due to Coron a *:“ If games fail now, we will have to catch up at some point. But we don't know how long we have been dealing with the topic. ”

Corona virus: when will the Bundesliga continue?

The consequences for the Bundesliga from the corona virus are not yet in sight. Taking the statements of the clubs and players together, one thing stands out: they definitely want to end the 2019/20 season - somehow.

"The Presidium of the DFL has made a decision that needs to be respected - regardless of the fact that there would have been other approaches," said BVB Managing Director Hans-Joachim Watzke meaningfully: "We now all have to bear this together in solidarity and on Discuss the relevant derivations on Monday. "

Despite Corona: Union Berlin absolutely wanted to play against Bayern

Last but not least, Union Berlin , the club that wants to be a contrast to commercialization in football, demonstrated how important it is to meet contractual obligations in Bundesliga marketing .

President of Union Berlin: Dirk Zingler.

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“We are in a phase that needs a more uniform approach. I am amazed at what is happening in Berlin at this soccer game, "health minister Jens Spahn had said on Deutschlandfunk about the efforts of the iron team to play against FC Bayern Munich * in front of spectators on the 26th matchday, which has since been canceled.

Corona virus: can the Bundesliga continue in early April?

Union President Dirk Zingler argued that Spahn didn't recommend stopping BMW production in Berlin either, "so he can't recommend that we stop our operations either." At a press conference, Zingler pointed out that the club had 200 employees "who want to go shopping on Mondays". In addition, on match days, a total of 1,000 people would work to ensure that everything ran smoothly around the stadium at the Alte Försterei, he said.

So the Bundesliga wants to play. According to current efforts, it should continue on the weekend between April 3rd and 5th. But what if this plan cannot be followed? If you only continue playing in the summer to meet your marketing obligations?

What will happen to the players whose contracts end on June 30th - and who then switch to another club? According to Sport1 , there are a total of 72 players whose contracts are expiring.

Bundesliga: Alexander Nübel changes from FC Schalke to FC Bayern

The most prominent example in this mixed situation is goalkeeper Alexander Nübel , who switched from FC Schalke to FC Bayern on July 1st. Many scenarios are currently conceivable, including the fact that the red line will be crossed on June 30 and a player like Nübel could therefore be in the squad of two clubs in one season.

Alexander Nübel: from FC Schalke to FC Bayern.

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In this context, there is still no answer to the question of what will become of players who want to switch regularly - but for whom the corona virus has been detected until then.

Corona in the Bundesliga: answers are expected soon

In this and other case examples, in Corona times you have to keep it with an old saying: Nothing precise is not known. For now.

The 36 clubs of the first and second league meet in Frankfurt on Monday, March 16. After that, first answers are expected.

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