Finally some shine back at Schalke!
New coach Karel Geraerts (41/contract until 2025) started at the crisis club on Wednesday and led the first training session in gold-colored football boots.
Somehow a signal! The successor to Thomas Reis (50/fired on September 27th) will immediately set the tone to save the Royal Grays (relegation place 16) from falling into the 3rd league.
Geraerts starts with golden shoes!
500 fans saw that the Belgian had a clear concept and explained it.
► communication
Geraerts (speaks English) was right in the middle of the training. Commands, individual conversations, group addresses – everything loud and clear.
A huge difference to Reis, who recently observed the units more from a distance than led them. Maybe because the relationship between the coach and parts of the team is already broken
Schalke Kreisel: New coach Karel Geraerts speaks to his team
was.
► system
In the final kick he had Geraerts play 3-5-2 instead of the Reis 4-3-3. If implemented quickly, Schalke could stop the flood of goals conceded (already 20).
It is still unclear which starting eleven. Geraerts: “I see great potential in the squad. Everyone starts from scratch.”
A feeling of optimism thanks to the insider tip from Belgium! When looking for a trainer, the bosses initially dreamed of really big names…
According to SPORT BILD information, three former world-class strikers were also on the list of candidates: In addition to ex-Schalke player Raúl (46/coaches Real Madrid II) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (47/most recently PSV Eindhoven), Andriy Shevchenko (47/most recently FC Genoa) was also a topic.
But in the six-hour meeting with Geraerts it became clear: He should take over Schalke!
The former Union Saint-Gilloise coach impressed sports director Peter Knäbel (57) and sports director André Hechelmann (39) with a Powerpoint presentation in which he also showed bad scenes from his ex-team. To then demonstrate how he trained the following week.
Now Geraerts has to work through the bad Schalke moments!