Neuer steps up at Schalke

FC Schalke 04 have promoted promising youngster Manuel Neuer to become their new reserve goalkeeper behind No1 Frank Rost.

Rising stars
After allowing Christofer Heimeroth to join VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, the Bundesliga side - who enter the UEFA Cup in the first round - have now made the 20-year-old Neuer, who is a German Under-20 international, Rost's understudy. The club's new third choice goalkeeper is the 19-year-old Dennis Lamczyk. "I am very happy because how many goalkeepers of my age get to sit on the bench in the Bundesliga?" said Neuer, who has been a member of Schalke's first-team squad since 2005. "This is a boost in my bid to be No1 one day."