Schalke confirm Knäbel's premature termination
FC Schalke 04 announced that they would be parting ways with chief sporting executive Peter Knäbel ahead of schedule.
| Peter Knäbel. |
"Together with our new CEO Matthias Tillmann and Christina Rühl-Hamers, we have made the decision to restructure football at Schalke without the position of board member for sport," Supervisory Board chairman Axel Hefer explaining in a statement, "As we want to make these adjustments at the start of the new year, we mutually agreed with Peter to end the cooperation at board level on 1 January. Further steps will be taken by the Executive Board in a timely manner."
"The structural process initiated by the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board has accelerated a little and has now reached a point where my departure from the Executive Board is understandable both in terms of content and timing," Knäbel added in his own statement, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Supervisory Board and my colleagues on the Executive Board and the employees for their cooperation. I wish them, the club and the fans all the best."
