Schalke signs German PES Champion Lennart Albrecht

FC Schalke 04 have today announced that Germany’s top ranked Pro Evolution Soccer player, Lennart “LENNAO” Albrecht has been acquired by the team.

Albrecht has been well known on the PES scene for over a decade and, having won the 2016 German championship last year, his focus is now set on qualifying for the PES League and winning it’s $200,000 prize pool.

“It is an honour to me being singed as the first PES player for a football club, and playing for Schalke from now on. Along the signing comes great expectations of me, which is why my focus is on the upcoming second season, starting end of February. It will be all about the qualification for World Championship but I am sure with my experiences and the ideal training conditions offered by the club, I have high chances of success.”
– Lennart Albrecht

“Lennart is a skilled senior player with a lot of expert knowledge about the scene for which we are happy to have him on board”, says Head of Esport, Tim Reichert about the establishment of the new Esports department. “With Pro Evolution Soccer we extend our Esports portfolio by a title that inspires football fans and gamers from all over the world alike. Our mission in this field is to implement a professional training ground which is why we plan to extend our Esports training center with further disciplines this year.”
– Tim Reichert, Head of Esports at Schalke 04