David Wagner: Schalke crisis coach before the end? Spectacular successor candidate - He is an S04 legend

FC Schalke 04 is sliding ever deeper into the Bundesliga crisis. The name of a former Schalke is circulating as a possible successor to David Wagner.

• The Bundesliga * has resumed operations.
• The FC Schalke 04 * does not come after the Corona break.
• Is coach David Wagner's chair shaking now ?

Update June 4, 19.50 pm:  The FC Schalke 04 plays a disastrous second half and longs, the season has already brought, the view'm currently down so those responsible. 

For eleven games , more precisely since January 17, the Gelsenkirchener could not leave the field as winners and since then have only scored three goals . Due to the continuing misery, it remains very unlikely that coach David Wagner would stay beyond the current season. An old acquaintance should now be in discussion as a trainer.

Schalke 04: return of Schalke legend likely? His contract expires in the summer

Spanish football legend Raul also left his mark in the Bundesliga *. As a brilliant offensive player, he showed brilliant performances at Schalke and was involved in 61 goals in 98 competitive matches for Royal Blue. 

After engagements in Qatar and the United States, he ended his outstanding player career to work as a coach at Real Madrid . Through various youth teams, Raúl came to the second team of the Madrileans, who is competing in the third Spanish league, in the summer of 2019.

Raúl cited as potential candidate for the Schalke 04 bench as pressure mounts on Wagner. # S04 https://t.co/697nBVDIiU

However, Raul's contract is only valid for one year, which is why a return to FC Schalke 04 as a coach is  not unthinkable , as Sport Bild reports. "We will draw the right conclusions from this crisis and make the necessary decisions in the summer," said sporting director Jochen Schneider to the picture. He emphasizes that under Wagner he wants to "see the football that distinguished us in the first half of the season" and apparently still relies on his coach. The Sport Bild also brings the candidate Roger Schmidt , Ralf Rangnick  and Ralph Hasenhüttl in conjunction with FC Schalke 04th

Schalke coach David Wagner has a job guarantee.

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Meanwhile, the squires are preparing for the game against Union Berlin. The live ticker for the game is available at ruhr24.de . There you will also learn how to watch the game live.

Schalke 04: catastrophes second half of the year could end with Europa League place

Update from June 1, 9:10 am: David Wagner must continue to worry about his coaching job at Schalke 04 . Schalke is even tenth after the loss to Werder Bremen. With a gap of ten points , a jump to the relegation place could only be possible in the absolute worst case scenario . But that is very unlikely. 

S04 pulls out of the noose again, but is also immediately possible seventh place, which qualifies for an FCB or Leverkusen victory in the DFB Cup for the Europa League. In seventh place there are currently five points. This is confirmed by TSG Hoffenheim, tied with the sixth, VfL Wolfsburg. 

Schalke 04: Wagner before the end? Nübel against Bremen in goal

Update from May 30, 9:01 a.m .: Is that going  well? Schalke coach David Wagner apparently decided before the game against Werder Bremen * to put Alexander Nübel in goal again. Markus Schubert had not made a certain impression several times recently. 

What if Nübel fails too? Wagner may then be flirting with the decision - and it will continue to be uncomfortable for the coach despite Schneider's job guarantee. 

Nübel will leave Schalke for Munich after the season. Bayern are challenged in the top game against Düsseldorf on Saturday, here is the live ticker. 

Schalke 04: Wagner before the end? "You should use every crisis to ..."

Update from May 28th, 1:59 pm : What's next for Schalke ? Coach David Wagner is under fire from the recent crisis. But: Sports director Jochen Schneider does not want to know about a possible dismissal *. Whether this also applies after the Bremen game? We are in the ticker for you and accompany the crisis summit.

The day after the Düsseldorf bankruptcy, he told Sky Sport News HD : “You should use every crisis to draw the right conclusions. Together with David Wagner we will pick up the red thread for the new season and continue where we were interrupted in January and February. "

Despite "tangible crisis": Schneider gives Wagner job guarantee #skybuli https://t.co/tMsnPwdQNw

David Wagner: Schalke time over soon? Schneider provides backing - Hammer successor in conversation

Schneider therefore wants to hold on to Wagner , who played "exciting" football in the first half of the season. A trainer discussion "would be out of place". Schneider again referred to the misery before the Corona forced break. "We have broken an axis in the past few months," he said. He defended the extremely defensive tactics in Düsseldorf as a “completely correct” approach. Despite the sporting crisis, Wagner was "firm, but also aggressive and motivated to knock the goat over again".

Successors have already been discussed. As reported by ruhr24.de *, two candidates are traded on social networks: Niko Kovac and Domenico Tedesco. They are also on an ominous list with archrival Borussia Dortmund.

Schalke in crisis: coach David Wagner before leaving? Testimony from sports director Schneider look deep

First announcement on May 28, 10.15 a.m .: Gelsenkirchen - When FC Schalke 04 last won a game in the Bundesliga *, many a football fan still thought of a nice summer vacation in the sun. Or to an exciting European championship *, a visit to the cinema, a birthday party with a number of friends. 

On January 17, Royal Blue defeated Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0. Game after game followed, the coronavirus paralyzed the sport *, a break was needed, the Bundesliga * started again - and then: The evening of May 27th . Weston McKennie's dream goal , S04, led 1-0 after an hour in Düsseldorf. Coaches, players and fans had the long-awaited victory in mind, but Fortune strikers Rouwen Hennings and Kenan Karaman turned the game around in six minutes - and made it ten.

Schalke 04: ten games without a win - coach David Wagner before the end?

Schalke have been without a win for ten games . Six bankruptcies, four draws - you are last in the current form table, the miners have had the worst run in 23 years. It is thanks to the good first half of the season that you are currently in ninth place and can even squint towards the Europa League . 

That's what head coach David #Wagner says after the game in Düsseldorf - the PK at @YouTube ⬇️ # S04 | ⚪️ | # F95S04

This was the last thing coach David Wagner drew on , but meanwhile the unrest is growing. Of course, the injuries are dramatic, after all, Suat Serdar and Amine Harit are the most dangerous players. But is Wagner still the right man for the post? After the game against the Fortunes, who have to play against Bayern on Saturday, the coach said the following: “We took a completely different approach and did it very solidly. We lose the game because we don't defend two standard situations cleanly. It goes without saying that it is not easy mentally for the boys when you play such a series. The approach is the only correct and possible one for the team in the current situation. "

David Wagner: Schalke coaches in criticism - sports director Schneider without a clear commitment

After the renewed defeat, sports director Jochen Schneider avoided a clear commitment to Wagner , but at least relativized the criticism of the coach. "It is not right to attach it to the trainer alone. Everyone in the club is part of it, ”said Schneider after the game at Sky :“ The criticism is criticism of all of us. We all have to do things better. ”

Nevertheless, after ten games without a win , Schneider made it clear: “We cannot present ourselves as we did in the last three games. It is a bad run, we have to end it as soon as possible. Best on Saturday *. ”Then Schalke plays against relegation candidate Werder Bremen * . When asked whether victory was a duty for Wagner , Schneider replied: "First and foremost, good performance is a duty." 

Do these statements sound like an ultimatum for Wagner? 

Schalke's arch rival also speaks about the coach: What will become of BVB coach Lucien Favre ? World Cup hero Mario Götze is about to jump in black and yellow - is Schalke of all things in question as a new club? This is speculated at least on the net.

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The Schalke soccer professional Weston McKennie has expressed solidarity with the late George Floyd with a bracelet. Even the New York Times reports about it.