Manuel Neuer's Faith In Schalke Is Shaken After Poor Bundesliga Start.

Manuel Neuer has recently stoked the fire of every major transfer agent in Europe when he hinted at a summer exit from Schalke in the summer. Neuer, as Germany number one goalkeeper, believes that he should be playing European football every season. If Schalke cannot meet those ambitions, then the young goalkeeper may look to greener pastures.

With suitors including Manchester United, AC Milan, Juventus and others, Schalke would certainly be pressed to sell the player just by the size of the incoming offers. Losing a player as loyal and as reliable as Neuer – who has been at the club since 1991, aged just five years old – would obviously be a huge blow to the konigsblauen, but it’s a loss that will be felt far further than just out on the pitch.

Neuer told the Daily Mail that:

“I am not comfortable with the current situation at Schalke. I hope we can turn the corner and get back on track. My contract runs until 2012 and I have always made it clear that I would play this season for Schalke. As for the future, we will see. I want to be playing in European competition next year.”

Felix Magath’s reshuffling of last season’s squad certainly seems to have ruffled some feathers. Schalke have collected just four points from their first seven games this season, and although it is still early, seeing a player as reliable and as loyal to the club as Manuel Neuer feeling the pressure and losing his focus certainly is worrying. The last player Felix Magath would want to see the back of is Manuel Neuer. Actually, he’d probably relish seeing the back of most of his players at the moment. What I mean to say is, seeing Neuer waver is like seeing Paul Scholes looking for a way out of Old Trafford, or Massimo Ambrosini losing faith in AC Milan. It just wouldn’t happen. Things must be much worse than they are just on the pitch for Schalke.

I think it’ll be interesting to see where Schalke are 25 or so games into the season. If the situation is still this bad, certainly changes will have to be made.