Prost! Schalke offer free beer to fans

Schalke

All fans over the German drinking age of 16 (we know, right!) will be offered a pint of the good stuff on the first day of the Bundesliga season, even though Oktoberfest is still some way off.

Cynics might say that this is the Schalke hierarchy's way of distracting fans from the lack of big-name signings the club has made this summer, barring Yevhen Konoplayanka.

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