FC Schalke 04 parted ways with coach Manuel Baum - Huub Stevens takes over for the time being.
In Gelsenkirchen there is one word above everything: despair.
Manuel Baum
must after ten games without a win in the
Bundesliga *
walk.
The coach could
Schalke 04 *
do not resuscitate.
Huub Stevens
takes over - the Dutchman gave the first press conference.
Update from December 18, 3:02 p.m.:
At Schalke everything is going very quickly at the moment.
No sooner was
Manuel Baum on
leave
than
his temporary successor
Huub Stevens gave
the first press conference.
With him, sports director
Jochen Schneider also
answered the questions.
The Schalke delegation looked perplexed and desperate.
"I couldn't say no," said Stevens about his fourth engagement as Schalke coach.
“My blue and white heart is still beating.
I'm on fire. ”Schneider justified the tree's removal with a lack of perspective.
“The conviction was no longer there,” he said.
Some fans are demanding his resignation.
Regarding his own situation, he said, “I did not offer to resign.
You don't run away in such a situation. "
#Stevens: We're at the bottom, the team has little self-confidence.
That's why the situation is more difficult than last time.
The minds have to become free again.
The players need a sense of achievement, that is the best medicine for a footballer. # S04 |
# S04DSC pic.twitter.com/6Ku9BcdUEr
- FC Schalke 04 (@ s04) December 18, 2020
Stevens confirmed that he should only help out for two games.
It is not yet known who will be the head coach afterwards.
“I will not talk about another coach in public.
We're at the bottom.
First of all, our heads have to be cleared. ”Schneider said succinctly:“ Our decision was only made yesterday evening.
Therefore we cannot present a long-term trainer yet. "
Schalke 04: Club confirms separation from Baum - Stevens takes over
Update from December 18, 12.40 p.m .:
Now it's official!
Schalke
04
parted ways with
Manuel Baum
,
Huub Stevens became
interim coach.
The club confirmed this on
:
# S04 releases head trainer Manuel Baum ⤵️
- FC Schalke 04 (@ s04) December 18, 2020
Schalke drama: will sparkle follow Stevens?
Update from December 18, 11.15 a.m .:
The next training session is scheduled for 12.30 p.m. - afterwards a
press conference is
expected.
Presumably
Huub Stevens will
have his first appearance there.
As the
picture
reports, he has already arrived at the Schalke training ground.
Another old friend should support him:
Mike Büskens
will sit next to the Dutchman on the bench - probably temporarily for two games.
A day ago, a message made the rounds that Stevens would
recommend
Friedhelm Funkel to
the supervisory board
as a new coach *.
The former Fortuna coach had actually declared his career over.
His reaction: "I have not yet been approached and do not worry about it".
+
Huub Stevens is the fourth coach at FC Schalke 04.
© Ina Fassbender / dpa
Schalke 04: coach drama - tree has to go after a winless series
Update from December 18, 10:50 a.m.:
Schalke 04
is currently in last place in the table.
Nevertheless Baum's early release comes as a surprise.
For the club's management, the bloodless appearance against
SC Freiburg *
probably too much.
On Saturday there is an important game against
Arminia Bielefeld
for the team
- a real basement duel.
Apparently, Baum was no longer trusted to turn things around.
#huubstevens and @BueskensMaik back to Schalke.
Welcome back # eurofighter # Schalke04 # S04
Let's go #Schalke # fight and #siegen pic.twitter.com/PAN57sas7R
- Travel25hours (@ travel25hours) December 18, 2020
The
2020
was the worst year in their history.
The last and so far only threesome was against
Borussia Mönchengladbach *
in January
.
Stevens will be on the sidelines of the Royal Blues for the fourth time on Saturday, most recently as a member of the supervisory board.
Schalke 04 dismisses Manuel Baum - Huub Stevens takes over
Update from December 18, 10:40 a.m.:
The royal blues now seem to have reached the zenith of despair.
Huub Stevens is supposed to pull the cart out of the mud for now.
The separation is not yet official.
Schalke 04 did not want to confirm that Manuel Baum will be attending the press conference today.
It smells a lot like Schalke pulling the rip cord again.
First report from December 18:
Gelsenkirchen - What a mess at Schalke!
According to information from
Sport1
and
Kicker
, the Royal Blue coach Manuel Baum fired after only two and a half months.
Club icon Huub Stevens jumps into the breach once more and plays the firefighter again.
The 67-year-old Dutchman will initially take over the team temporarily.
(epp) * tz.de is part of the Ippen editorial network.
List of rubric lists: © Ina Fassbender / dpa
