Schalke 04 to replace coach Felix Magath with Otto Rehhagel – Bundesliga news
Bundesliga side Schalke 04 are reportedly looking to sack current coach Felix Magath and are rumoured to replace him with Otto Rehhagel who will be the caretaker boss.
In a surprising turn of events, Schalke are ready to sack Felix Magath who recently steered the side to the quarterfinal of the UEFA Champions League after beating an impressive http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 4-2 on aggregate.
Furthermore, Schalke are in the final of the DFB-Pokal after they beat Bayern Munich 1-0 so it seems very strange that the club directors have decided to part company with an experienced manager who, after making a terrible start to the Bundesliga season,
has managed to take Schalke to a position where they can be pretty satisfied.
Many reports suggested that the directors and Magath would part company by the end of the current 2010-11 season but now it seems that chairman Clemens Tonnies has had enough of the outspoken coach and is eager to sack him.
While talking to the media, an irate Tonnies said, “We have to make a decision now. Regardless of our performances in the Champions League. This situation is affecting the entire club and causes a lot of unrest.”
Meanwhile, reports also suggest that the German coach has not only lost the support of the Schalke directors and fans, but star player and goalkeeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424 has also lost faith in his manager.
72-year-old Otto Rehhagel is the main candidate who will be replacing the under fire manager should the Schalke directors choose to act decisively in the coming weeks.
The former Kaiserslautern player is currently without a club after having managed the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 national team from 2001 to 2010. It remains to be seen when the Schalke management will act but it seems that the directors have made up their mind about firing
the coach.
It will be a very big and perhaps a season defining moment if Magath is axed because Schalke had recently started playing some really good football and this might affect the morale of the players.
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