Overview

• After leaving Amin Younes out all preseason and the first five league matches, coach Miron Muslic said the winger remains outside Schalke’s plans and “knows his role.”
• Younes was named to the squad against Greuther Fürth due to injuries to Peter Remmert and Emil Höjlund and matchup considerations but stayed on the bench for 90 minutes.
• Muslic explained the decision as coverage for a late-game need for a different attacking profile against Fürth’s organized 4-4-2 defense.
• Schalke moved to fourth after a 1-0 win over Fürth, with coverage recalling previously reported disciplinary issues from Younes’s Eintracht Frankfurt spell as background rather than new allegations.
• Separately, Schalke confirmed Timo Becker sustained a ruptured medial ligament in his right knee and will miss weeks, with youngster Mertcan Ayhan stepping in versus Fürth and drawing suggestions he may see more minutes.