Bundesliga: Schalke 04 now have a League of Legends (eSports) team

FC Schalke 04 (Bundesliga) now have a professional eSports team Called "Elements for the video game League of Legends, announced the German club on 16/05/2016. This is an online multi-player battle arena type video game which counts 67 million active players each month.

Virtual confrontations are covered through a journalistic device composed of presenters, commentators and consultants, and broadcast live on the site "lolesports.com", and published on the YouTube channel "LoL Esports", with more than two million subscribers and 515 million cumulative views as of 18/05/2016,.

While FC Schalke 04 has decided to invest in a non-football eSports venture, VfL Wolfsburg (Bundesliga) and West Ham United FC (Premier League) have each recruited a professional eSports player specialising in the football simulation game FIFA (from EA Sports), who will represent them in international competitions by wearing the club shirt and playing with their respective teams.

Schalke 04: more than 3.5 million fans on social networks

• The club has a specialised eSports Twitter account (9,600…