Just wanted to stay current by posting that the comments I discussed yesterday have been publicly withdrawn. The CFO for Schalke 04 claims he was mistaken in his comments, and that "'racist incidents were definitely not the reason for Kevin's move to Schalke.'"
This adds context to yesterday's post, and yet another veil of uncertainty to the situation. I would love to believe that racism is all but gone, and that this event was just an outlier, a crazed anti-racist advocate calling wolf. Unfortunately, that's nowhere near the world we live in, and you have to consider every side of this subsequent event.
It's very feasible that the club told Peter's to retract his statements so as to avoid being the whistle-blower. Like when a celebrity does a tell-all interview about their new spouse's ex. It also doesn't do Schalke any good to perpetuate the subject of racism around Boateng, especially if the true reason he left was to avoid it.
As I said, it adds context but more uncertainty. I'm not convinced that KPB wouldn't still be a Rossoneri if things were different.
You can read the official statement from the club retracting Peter's comments here.
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