Dimitrios Grammozis is the new head coach of Schalke 04, the number of the Bundesliga announced on the official channels on Tuesday evening. The 42-year-old trainer has signed on until the summer of 2022 die Königsblauen and is therefore in principle, regardless of the end of the current season, also in the coming year of football the person who stands for the selection. Grammozis is already Schalke’s fifth trainer this season.
David Wagner was already said goodbye this season after two match days, partly because Schalke had been waiting for a victory in the Bundesliga since January 17 last year. Also under successor Manuel Baum was not won: he was allowed to leave after ten matches. Huub Stevens was selected as interim trainer for two matches, after which Christian Gross took over and the low flyer actually won 4-0 against TSG Hoffenheim on 9 January.
The cooperation between Gross and Schalke was also not a success. Only five points were collected in eleven games. The 66-year-old Swiss was also accused of constantly confusing the names of players and opponents, addressing players in the wrong language, giving poor training and regularly using the wrong match tactics. Can Bozdogan mentioned Gross at a press conference Can Erdogan and Alessandro Schöpf was given Massimo as first name.
Grammozis, a born German with Greek roots, has little experience as a head coach. He was at the helm of SV Darmstadt from February 2019 to last summer, finishing fifth in the 2. Bundesliga. Schalke, where Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has only participated for ten minutes since coming from Ajax, will play in-house against FSV Mainz 05 on Friday evening and hopes to make up for the current nine-point deficit in a safe place in the remaining eleven match days, although that is. also the current point total after 23 duels. Mainz is second to last with eight points more.
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