“Will not be quick shot”
With Daniel Farke without a club, Sandro Schwarz from Dinamo Moscow and Fürth coach Stefan Leitl, three names in particular had come up in the past few weeks as contenders for the coaching position at Schalke 04 from the coming season. A report of “Picture” According to two other trainers are on the list of the Royal Blues: Christian Eichner from Karlsruher SC and Mersad Selimbegovic from SSV Jahn Regensburg.
Both Eichner and Selimbegovic proved with their teams this season that they can form a successful team with little financial means. Neither KSC (38 points, ninth place) nor Regensburg (37 points, tenth place) have major relegation concerns this season, and both clubs can again plan for the 2nd Bundesliga. Whether the same coach will be on the sidelines in 2022/23 is an open question given Schalke’s interest.
Eichner, who only extended his contract in Karlsruhe until 2025 in October, takes a more playful approach than Selimbegovic (tied until 2023), who with Regensburg is more about the physique. According to sports director Rouven Schröder, a timely decision about the future on the Schalke coaching bench is not to be expected. “It’s not certain yet. This shows that things are going very, very professionally, that we are taking our time to think about it. It’s well thought out, and that’s also our duty,” said the 46-year-old on Thursday (quoted via “WAZ”). “There will be no quick fix.”
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In the TM community, Schalke fans are divided about a possible signing of Eichner. While “Jenne1710” could “become very good friends” with the KSC coach, “eichelsen” harbors doubts: “Eichner is the type of coach who can adapt his team to the opponent and can demand the maximum from them so that a tight, tough game comes out at the end. Do we need that? Yet again? I do not think so. It is written in the stars whether he has an idea to let his team design the game. He’s certainly a good coach, but he probably is for KSC and not for us.”
I would also like to hear something about the two “additional candidates”, regardless of the veracity of the report.
Eichner and Selimbegovic are doing solid work at their clubs. The Leitl criticisms could also apply here. Both have no “outstanding” score and are on the road with rather more tranquil clubs.
Of course, the pressure in most clubs isn’t as great as it is at Schalke. Only if it is a selection criterion that the future trainer has the D …
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