Bundesliga - Schalke 'need more a**eholes'

Eurosport - Tue, 13 Jan 15:32:00 2009

Schalke striker Gerald Asamoah has said the club needs "more a**eholes" if they are to compete for Champions League football.

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The Ruhr club are seventh in the Bundesliga at the halfway point of the season eight points behind joint leaders Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich.

The 30-year-old Asamoah thinks Schalke have been too nice and need to shake things up when the league resumes on January 30.

"We are too nice to each other. Nobody wants to cause each other pain. We need more a**eholes in the squad to wake us up, otherwise this season will go nowhere," said Asamoah.

"Earlier we had an Ebbe Sand, a Joerg Boehme and even an Andy Moeller to kick our backsides. Before the Cup final against Bayern (in 2005) Frank Rost kicked me in the shins to shake me up.

"Marcelo Bordon and Fabian Ernst are the right ones to do it now. We must do everything our power to get into the Champions League and the Cup final."

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