The Schalke 04 players welcome Australian Dylan Leonard. Peter Remmert is back in individual training. Three more personnel updates.
The FC Schalke 04 fans gave Dylan Leonard a tentative “welcome” at his first training session, but his new teammates gave the 18-year-old Australian a warm welcome on Tuesday morning.
The pros formed a guard of honor on the Royal Blues’ training ground, and coach Miron Muslic first put his arm around the newcomer’s shoulder and then gave him a light pat on the backside as he walked through the tunnel with his teammates. It should be a good trip to Gelsenkirchen for Dylan Leonard, provided that the numerous pats on the back from the S04 pros have the desired effect.
So, the mood at Schalke is exuberant in the week before the away game against 1. FC Magdeburg (Saturday, 1 p.m./Sky), even though last weekend saw a sobering 0-1 defeat against Holstein Kiel. A return to training also contributed to the good mood: Peter Remmert was back on the pitch with Schalke for the first time since his ankle injury. Remmert had played his way into the hearts of the fans with an energetic performance in his starting lineup debut in professional soccer at the start of the season against Hertha BSC (2-1), setting up the opening goal by Moussa Sylla. “It was the craziest assist I’ve ever made,” he said afterward. However, the 20-year-old striker injured his ankle in the 0-1 defeat in Kaiserslautern – Muslic welcomed him back to training on Tuesday.
Schalke’s young striker Höjlund is doing his own training sessions Of course, it’s too early to speculate about him playing in Magdeburg, but Schalke could really use some offensive momentum, as Saturday’s defeat against Holstein showed. So it’s good that Emil Höjlund is also back in individual training after problems with his heel.
The 20-year-old striker is Schalke’s problem child due to numerous injuries, having made only 15 appearances so far. Max Grüger also completed an individual program on Tuesday. Last Schalke personnel news: Ibrahima Cisse has returned to U23 training.