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After 17 games without a win, David Wagner’s air at Schalke is getting thinner. Saturday’s home game in the basement match against Werder Bremen is already a final for the ailing coach (Bundesliga: FC Schalke 04 – Werder Bremen on Saturday from 6.30pm on LIVETICKER).
If he doesn’t hit the ball, S04 bosses think twice SPORT1-Information to pull the cord on the weekend.
Even sporting director Jochen Schneider, who always sticks to Wagner, increases the pressure: “I expect a significant increase in performance, which is also reflected in the result.”
It means: win or fly!
Schalke sinks at the start at Bayern
At the start of the Bundesliga, Schalke and Wagner continue the debacle at Bayern as they left it: with losses. The 0: 8 was the biggest Bundesliga bankruptcy in 50 years.
The number of people on the eleven-member supervisory board who view Wagner critically has increased after the “embarrassment” in Munich (interview with defender Bastian Oczipka). How SPORT1 learned, some people in the club environment have even suggested to sporting director Schneider that he investigate the market for free coaches. On Schalke’s roster are Sandro Schwarz (41, most recently Mainz) and Eurofighter Marc Wilmots (51 / most recently Iran).
Wagner and Schalke: will everything be over by the weekend? In May 2019, Schneider brought the former Huddersfield manager to Gelsenkirchen, giving him a contract until 2022.
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Wagner’s expulsion would be expensive for Schalke
A Wagner exit at Schalke would have far-reaching consequences for S04. A premature dismissal of the 48-year-old man would hurt the farmer, especially in financial terms. The coach has a lucrative contract and an early departure would result in a high severance pay.
The sticky Pott-Klub (around 200 million euros of debt) would have to pay Wagner and also raise the salary of a possible successor. That would further limit the financial margin of the royal blues.
On the other hand, Wagner’s departure would also make critical calls to Schneider louder. Not only externally, but also internally, the sports director repeatedly objected to criticism of the coach. “He is the right coach for Schalke,” Schneider always emphasized.
Schneider strengthens Wagner’s back
The sensitive Swabian always had in mind the good time of the previous season, when Schalke was fifth in 17 league games with 30 points. “We deliberately chose this coach and last season we played very quickly the football that FC Schalke 04 would like to represent,” he said before the start of the season. SPORT1-Interview. “That is where we want to return, and that is where we will return.”
However, gradually the pressure on tailors also increases. The sports director really wants to defend himself against the mechanics of the business and therefore stayed with the coach of his dreams to the end. Honorable, but not necessarily effective.
“Because the (Schneider, Anm. re. Red.) Did you give Wagner the setup and thus avoid a reboot? Asked an angry fan on Twitter.
During the summer break, the supervisory board kept asking what would happen in the event of a sharp opening applause against Bavaria. Schneider has given credible and convincing guarantees, it is said, that this case will not happen and that we will turn things around together with Wagner.
The pressure is also building on Schneider. If the coach of your choice is unsuccessful in the course change and an early discharge would result, your next shot would have to be on target.
