FC Schalke 04 have changed their head coach for the second time this season. After David Wagner and Manuel Baum, Christian Gross should now save the Royal Blues from relegation. Ex-professional Kevin Kurányi welcomes this step.
“I thought it was absolutely necessary that Schalke 04 reacted again and signed Christian Gross, the fourth coach (interim coach Huub Stevens, editor’s note) this season,” said the 38-year-old in “kicker” “.
The team needs someone “who has a lot of experience in this business and who has the necessary foresight and calm”. The 66-year-old Gross meets these requirements.
Between 2009 and 2010, the new Schalke coach once trained VfB Stuttgart. Kurányi, who was also active for the Swabians in his playing career, has heard a lot of positive things about Gross.
“When he came to VfB in 2010 (Gross took over in December 2009, editor’s note) I had long been with Schalke 04, but my teammates from Stuttgart told me a lot about him back then. They said he was a very good leader can and also has the great ability to motivate a team, “said Kurányi.
Kevin Kurányi misses the solidarity at FC Schalke 04
The commitment of the Swiss will help the club, said Kurányi: “With Gross, Schalke has a man of a special kind. Unfortunately, there are not many of them in this club, which is a shame. there have been innumerable ones in the past. “
The task for Gross could hardly be more difficult: With four points, FC Schalke 04 are in last place in the table. In addition, the miners have been waiting for a Bundesliga victory since January.
“There are some individual players who have enough quality not to have anything to do with relegation. But the team just doesn’t work as a collective,” said Kurányi.
The ex-national player, who played for five years in Gelsenkirchen, attested the team “lack of cohesion”. The Revierklub will meet Hertha BSC on Saturday.
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