Niklas Tauer will also play for Eintracht Braunschweig in the coming season. The loan contract of the 23-year-old Mainz defensive man has been extended automatically for another year until June 30, 2025, with the lions' survival in the 2nd Bundesliga. Recently, Tauer, who still played for Schalke in the first half of the season, mostly came on as a substitute.