On Saturday evening, Mike Büskens led FC Schalke 04 to direct promotion back to the Bundesliga. Nevertheless, the 54-year-old will no longer be the head coach of the Knappen in the coming season. This was confirmed by sports director Peter Knäbel.
“Mike did an incredible job. He’s the face of this great final sprint of the season. But this path didn’t just begin with the change of coach,” said Knäbel on the “Bild” show.Location of the league XXL“And added: “We have decided to go the Schalke route, which includes Gerald Asamoah and of course both of them will remain in these roles. Buyo will sit on the bench, but in a different capacity, that has long been discussed.”
Büskens also made it clear on Sunday in the “double pass”: “I said from the start that I would like to continue working as an assistant coach.”
The search for a new head coach at Schalke is already in full swing. After eight different coaches, including Büskens, have been on the sidelines for the traditional Gelsenkirchen club over the past five years, the next coach should definitely work out in the long term. “The one who follows Buyo has to be really good,” said Schröder clearly a few weeks ago.
Stevens advises Schalke against Büskens
S04 legend Huub Stevens recently advised against going into the Bundesliga season with Büskens as head coach. “Mike should be an assistant again and they should get a new coach,” he said in an interview with “Sky”.
The Schalke club icon does not believe that the new man could have a problem with the long shadow of Büskens. “The two can have a conversation and then the new coach will see what kind of assistant he has on his side,” said Stevens.
However, filling the coaching position at Schalke is basically “not easy. It’s complex, there’s always pressure. You have to perform, give everything, be a role model for the players”.