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With the second manager change of the season, FC Schalke 04 want to avoid falling to the second division. After just ten games, the Bundesliga team parted ways with manager Manuel Baum on Friday, confirming reports from various media. In the last two games of the year, Schalke’s coach of the century, Huub Stevens, looks after the team.
For Stevens it will be his fourth term as Schalke coach. More recently, he had saved Royal Blue from relegation between March and July 2019. The 67-year-old Dutchman will sit on the bench against Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday and in the DFB Cup at SSV Ulm on Tuesday. Mike Büskens will support as assistant coach.
“The home game against Arminia Bielefeld is of immense importance to our club. The disappointing performance against SC Freiburg showed us that the team needs a new boost to be able to play the game successfully. We rely on Huub Stevens and Mike Büskens to do precisely that to “, was quoted in the message to the sporting director Jochen Schneider. A press conference was scheduled for 2 p.m.
And so? Is there a flash?
The 41-year-old Baum took over David Wagner’s traditional club after Matchday 2 but was unable to stabilize it. After twelve rounds into the Bundesliga season, the team has only four points and has slipped to the bottom of the table. The team has not won 28 games in the Bundesliga. The latest success to date came on January 17 with a 2-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach. Under Baum just four draws in ten games, the last time the team lost on Wednesday after a surprisingly weak 0: 2 performance against SC Freiburg.
An experienced coach in the relegation battle must be sought as a solution for the new year. In the conversation Friedhelm Funkel (67), who had been negotiated as a candidate before the separation of Baum. Most recently, he was in charge of Fortuna Düsseldorf. Funkel expressed himself in various media. “There is no contact. I am and will continue to be a retiree,” said the former Fortuna Düsseldorf coach. Quick. At Rheinische Mail said the 67-year-old man that he really wanted to enjoy his retirement. “I wanted to travel a lot with my wife. But now nothing can be done,” Funkel said, referring to the corona pandemic: “That also affects my thoughts.”
Funkel did not confirm a commitment to Schalke. “Basically I am not talking about anything that I do not know,” said the experienced coach, who has already saved numerous clubs from relegation and has a great experience as a firefighter: “Now I am supposed to justify myself for things that have not yet caught my attention. they were. “All of these are” dreams of the future. “
