Schalke have made the proactive step of trying to lure English football fans into following them from this weekend onwards.
The Bundesliga is back from May 16, and with the Premier League still a month away from returning, the likelihood is that many in this country will start paying much more attention to football abroad.
After all, there’s only so many reruns of past glories won we can sit through!
Schalke have encouraged Manchester United fans to support them by declaring that You’ll Never Walk Alone is banned in their stadium – because it’s the song of their arch-rival, Borussia Dortmund.
For that reason, they’ve also claimed to not like Jurgen Klopp – which is strange during a tweet in which they wanted Liverpool fans to consider making them our second side for the time being!
Sadly for Schalke, we’re rooting for Dortmund in the Bundesliga, and after them, Mainz – Klopp’s old two sides.
👋 @ManUtd
You’ll never walk alone is banned here. 🚫#S04 pic.twitter.com/wlLdAo4qss
— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) May 11, 2020
👋 @LFC
A DFB-Pokal winner with Schalke, and a Champions League winner with the Reds, Joel Matip’s ex-club are definitely worth watching with no Premier League on. 📺
And about your coach…We may not like him, but our current coach David Wagner is his best friend. 💙#S04 pic.twitter.com/kskVGo870I
— FC Schalke 04 (@s04_en) May 11, 2020