After a messed up season start, Karel Geraerts was released from FC Schalke 04 last autumn. Now the Belgian waves the return to the coaching bench. Three clubs are said to be interested. An option would be particularly explosive.
As the Belgian transfer journalist Sacha Tavolieri reports, several teams are currently fighting for the signature of Karel Geraerts. After the less successful time at FC Schalke 04, the 43-year-old could hire next in France.
According to Tavolieri, Geraerts is the top candidate on the vacant coaching position at Stade Reims. The champagne team recently relegated to Ligue 2 via the relegation.
You are now looking for a new trainer for reconstruction. Geraerts convinced those responsible there with his analytical skills, it is said.
The ex-Schalker is currently supposed to examine its options, because the Russian club ZSKA Moscow is said to have an impressive contract offer.
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In addition, standard Liège in the poker will also mix. The Belgian association is said to have recently intensified its efforts. Strib pullers behind the advances are apparently Marc Wilmots, who has been working as a sports director in Liège since May.
Wilmots and Geraerts know each other from the time together at FC Schalke 04. However, their collaboration was crowned by little success. At the same time, they had to take the hat in the past September. Previously, S04 had only scored four points from the first six season games.
After his end with the miners, Geraerts had violently followed the royal blue last winter.
“I experienced more at Schalke in a year than in my entire career,” he said in an interview with “Het Laatste Nieuws”.
He was particularly bothered by camp formation in the association, which was driven by many personal interests. Geraerts also complained about leaks that internal had constantly put on the outside world.