Overview
- Sport director Frank Baumann disclosed the decision during Schalke’s annual member assembly in Gelsenkirchen.
- He said Elgert will remain for at least one more season and cited 17-year-old Mika Wallentowitz’s recent first-team minutes, including a promising start against Elversberg.
- Members responded with loud applause to the news.
- Elgert, 68, has led Schalke’s U19 since 1996, winning three German championships and helping produce professionals for the first team and Germany.
- Earlier suggestions that Elgert might retire after this season were set aside by the confirmation.