Frank Kramer is the new coach of FC Schalke 04, succeeding interim coach Mike Büskens. The 50-year-old German was most recently under contract with Arminia Bielefeld and was previously a junior manager at Red Bull Salzburg.
“First of all, we asked ourselves, independently of the person, and fundamentally, what profile a new coach should have in order to play football successfully with Schalke 04. And success in our current situation means staying up in the 2022/2023 class – that’s what it’s all about,” board member Peter Knäbel is quoted as saying on the club website.
Kramer agrees. “As a promoted team, even if it’s called Schalke 04 and maybe not a typical promoted team, the goal can only be to stay up in the league. The Bundesliga will present us with major challenges. We can only manage this as a team,” says the new trainer.
In the past season, three Austrians, Reinhold Ranftl, Michael Langer and Martin Fraisl, were also part of the Schalke squad. Fraisl’s contract expires.
Source: Nachrichten
