Shock at Schalke: sports director Rouven Schröder has resigned from the Royal Blues with immediate effect. Now the Bundesliga club is without a sports director and still without a coach. A potential candidate has already decided against moving to Gelsenkirchen after Schröder's resignation.

Rouven Schröder's resignation means one thing above all for the moment: hopeless chaos at Schalke. The club seems headless, dismantled and shaken to its foundations. At this point it is completely unclear what will happen next. Nevertheless, quick decisions are needed.

This applies above all to the vacant position of head coach. Thomas Reis and Vladimir Petkovic are two names that are currently circulating in the general public. Petkovic, long-time coach of the Swiss national team, has recently been quiet. Apparently it stays that way: Petkovic is said to have decided against moving to S04; Blick editor-in-chief Andreas Böni reports that there are too many uncertainties on Petkovic's side due to the current club situation. This leaves only Thomas Reis as a clear candidate. And according to Sky, the ex-Bochumer should have known about Schröder's decision to leave the club beforehand. Nevertheless, Reis is said to have decided to switch to the S04, which was threatened with relegation, only the paper plan was still to be done. The report actually says that Reis will move to Gelsenkirchen with 99.5 percent certainty. But what is certain at Schalke these days?

This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Nach Schröder-Aus: This is the status of Reis and Petkovic.