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Manuel Baum is once again history at FC Schalke after just ten games. On Friday, the club announced the dismissal of the 45-year-old coach and confirmed the corresponding SPORT1-Information. Huub Stevens, currently a member of the Royal Blues supervisory board, will be in charge of two games. Then a new coach must be introduced.
“There is confidence that the players can do it. I will not speak publicly about the profile of a new coach,” Stevens said at the press conference. “I’m on fire! I have a blue and white heart that’s still beating. And when they asked me, I couldn’t say no. My wife said, ‘Merry Christmas.’ (All PK to read)
The backpack couldn’t be heavier after 28 league games without a win. Schalke 04 have not won a match since January, the 2-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach, and they continue to stumble into the abyss. The club is ranked 18th after twelve games.
With Baum, who succeeded David Wagner after matchday two, everything should improve, but his record was terribly bad: six losses, four draws. On Saturday (Bundesliga: Schalke 04 – Arminia Bielefeld, starting at 3:30 pm on LIVETICKER) Arminia Bielefeld is 16th in the table. to the Veltins-Arena. Will Stevens be able to end the negative series?
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“It’s just sad”
“The dismissal is now a surprise before the last league game this year, but Baum was not lucky enough to get the necessary points,” Jörg Böhme said in an interview with SPORT1.
“With Huub comes the logical alternative. He is the Schalke manager of the century with a certain reputation, he is also an authority figure. He has always been successful. He will save Schalke.”
Böhme suffered with both clubs on Saturday, the 46-year-old finally playing from 1998 to 2000 and from 2006 to 2008 for Arminia. From 2000 to 2004 he wore the royal blue jersey and won the DFB Cup with S04 in 2001 and 2002. “I had the best time at Schalke and the best time clearly tends towards Schalke. It’s cruel not to be able to help.”
From now on the search for a new head coach begins. “The question is who are you going to reach?” Asks Böhme. Then SPORT1-Information is Thorsten Fink (previously among others FC Basel, Hamburger SV, Austria Wien, most recently coach with Vissel Köbe in Japan) a topic on committees. Also about Dimitrios Grammozis (recently Darmstadt 98) is being considered. The Greek played a role even before Baum was signed. Advantage for Schalke: neither of them currently has a job, so he would be available.
This also applies to Friedhelm Funkel, with whom Schalke is responsible. SPORT1-Also use information as an option. However, Funkel has not been contacted so far.
“Brutal and simply sad”
For a club like Schalke, the situation is “brutal” and “just sad”. Böhme remembers the game against Freiburg with horror. “I watched the match on Wednesday and the sports club played it solid as a rock without shining too much. And after conceding the first goal at Schalke, heads lowered,” reports Böhme. Apart from Suat Serdar, he did not see any player in Schalke “defending himself”.
Böhme has a high opinion of Jochen Schneider (Schalke’s sporting director, d. Red.). “I think a lot of him, he had to take care of the total chaos in S04 and he had little leeway in terms of the financial situation of the club.
With the suspension of Nabil Bentaleb and Amine Harit, they set an example, but “maybe they should have done it sooner.”
“If I hadn’t done it as a coach”
Harit returned to play against Freiburg from the beginning. Much to Böhme’s amazement. “As a coach, he wouldn’t have got Harit back after two weeks and put him in the starting lineup.” Baum’s Hidden Criticism. “It would have left the player out longer. The guy got enough support from the club, but he never gave it up except under Wagner. Otherwise, Harit was more negative in the headlines.”
Böhme also always has his Arminia, for whom the relegation battle is not a surprise, in sight. “You can see how brutal the difference is between the 1st and 2nd league. When you think about the confidence with which Arminia marched through the 2nd division and then you see the performances now in the Bundesliga, you can only be surprised,” he says. the ex-professional. “The bottom of the twelfth place table is meant for Arminia, nothing else.”
Böhme refuses to criticize Bielefeld coach Uwe Neuhaus. “I think what Uwe has created at the club is great. That is why it is wicked to be talked about again. Arminia could leave behind three clubs in the end.”
This is what all Schalke dreams of. For Böhme there is only one maxim for Saturday. “Schalke have to go out and fight incessantly, chasing man against man on the pitch and trying to take advantage of scoring opportunities.”
Baum’s calm demeanor did not suit Schalke, Böhme judged, and similar remarks were made by many pundits before their first training session in September. “Let me do it,” he replied at his first press conference. Here Böhme Baum protects himself. “Emotions arise when they take the team to the field, you should not be silly either.”
“We don’t have Klopp”
Does Böhme have a dream coach? “Difficult. We don’t have Klopp, he wouldn’t come either. It feels like a new coach is there every year at Schalke.” Everything was decided by people who had the freedom to act. Nothing worked and now you can see the result. “
Böhme is sad about that. “Arminia and Schalke are my clubs, I had a great time there. I always look at both of them first to see how they played. Bielefeld has become my home, I have lived in East Westphalia for 22 years,” he says.
“Schalke is crazy”, I still know a lot of people there. I even played one more Bundesliga game for Arminia, “says Böhme with a laugh.” I would be happy if both clubs stayed in the Bundesliga. “
