The injured misery has consequences at FC Schalke.
The weakening Bundesliga club is making personnel changes in its coaching staff. It has now hit athletics and fitness coaches Bob Schoos and Klaus Luisser, who have to take their hat off the royal blue. A corresponding one SkyReport confirmed Schalke’s sports director Jochen Schneider when asked about SPORT1. SPORT1 had already reported plans in mid-June.
Werner Leuthard, who is considered a fitness specialist in the league, is to take on the tasks of the created duo. The 58-year-old was already working under ex-coach Felix Magath in Gelsenkirchen, and also knows Jochen Schneider, head of sports, from time spent at VfB Stuttgart.
The trigger for the personnel rally is, among other things, the poor fitness values of the players after the corona break as well as numerous injuries. The long list of injuries has long been a thorn in the side of athletic leadership.
Coincidence? Wagner sees a profound problem
In the meantime, a total of ten players failed in the season finale.
Suat Serdar (outer ligament tear on the fibula head), Omar Mascarell (operated on the adductors), Salif Sané (muscle fiber tear), Amine Harit (inner ligament injury), Guido Burgstaller (outer ligament tear in the knee) and Jean-Clair Todibo (ankle) are all missing longer.
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Head coach David Wagner had on SPORT1– Demand recently clarifies that he does not believe in coincidence given the ongoing difficulties. “We have been dealing with this problem since February. But we also dealt with it last season. We will certainly put this to the test after the season.”
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