📸 Laden with beers! Becker wants to ply Džeko so he signs on | OneFootball

Schalke 04 have secured promotion to the Bundesliga. The feared pitch invasion did not happen. The fans are celebrating their promotion heroes from the stands, while the players, together with the entire staff and numerous family members, are enjoying these emotional moments on the pitch. 

You don’t have to be a prophet to know that today will probably involve more than just a lap of honor around the stadium and a few victory poses. The club came prepared and sent staff onto the field carrying backpacks filled with beer. 

It is almost surprising that the well-known party animal Timo Becker did not strap on one of those backpacks himself. “Now all we can do is celebrate. Today you could hear where Schalke belong — this is simply top flight football,” the fan favorite told 'Sky'.

Becker also has different plans from 'Sky' expert and former Schalke player Simon Terodde after winning promotion with the Royal Blues: unlike Terodde, he is not planning to leave the arena at 7:30 the next morning, but no earlier than Monday morning. 

Since Edin Džeko’s future in Gelsenkirchen has not yet been settled, Becker also offered his services as an agent here: “I’ll get him drunk. He’ll drink a lot of beer, maybe a few slivovitzes. Then we’ll get it done,” the defender joked on 'Sky'.

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