“We are delighted that Mike Büskens has agreed to our proposal to support the club in the current phase by moving to the front row at short notice”said Schalke’s sporting director Rouven Schröder.
Büskens currently in quarantine
However, Büskens will initially not be able to perform his work on the pitch. After a positive test for Covid-19 on Sunday (March 6th), the 53-year-old will be absent for the time being. As the club announced, Matthias Kreutzer will be in charge of the units until further notice. After 2008 and 2009, Büskens is taking over the post of interim head coach at Schalke for the third time.
“For us it’s now about getting the maximum out of the remaining nine games together. We can only succeed as a close-knit community if we give everything together and bring the potential that the team has to the pitch – in terms of football and character “Büskens is quoted as saying.
Knäbel criticized consistency
According to board member Peter Knäbel, the team lacked “The necessary consistency since the beginning of the year, both in terms of results and in particular the key performance parameters”. It is straight “This consistency that teams who want to move up need”like Knäbel.