- Title: GERMANY: FOOTBALL/SOCCER - German club Schalke sacks coach Felix Magath
- Date: 17th March 2011
- Summary: GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (MARCH 16, 2011) (REUTERS) EXECUTIVE BOARD OF SCHALKE 04 AT NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS BOARD SEATED JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (German) SCHALKE 04 BOARD CHAIRMAN CLEMENS TOENNIES SAYING: "FC Schalke 04 parted ways with its trainer Felix Magath this morning with immediate effect. In Schalke 04's opinion, there are good reasons for this split. The vote of the executive board was unanimous." VARIOUS OF JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (German) SCHALKE 04 BOARD CHAIRMAN CLEMENS TOENNIES SAYING: "We are convinced that we have reached a decision which is important and correct for the future of the club and for the trusting co-operation between the board and the management." SCHALKE 04 SIGN (SOUNDBITE) (German) SCHALKE 04 BOARD CHAIRMAN CLEMENS TOENNIES SAYING:: "I must ask you for your understanding regarding possible legal proceedings that we will not comment on the reasons for the split. But as I said there are good reasons for this decision." PHOTOGRAPHERS NEWS CONFERENCE GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (MARCH 8, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FELIX MAGATH TRAINING WITH SCHALKE PLAYERS GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (MARCH 11, 2011) (REUTERS) MAGATH AT NEWS CONFERENCE SCHALKE 04 BADGE MAGATH JOURNALISTS
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: Sports
- Reuters ID: LVA1POFQDJ125GUS5BKCMOQ1AIW1
- Story Text: German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 sacked coach Felix Magath with immediate effect on Wednesday (March 16).
The club's board reached a unanimous decision, chairman Clemens Toennies told a news conference.
"We are convinced that we have reached a decision which is important and correct for the future of the club and for the trusting co-operation between the board and the management," he told journalists in Gelsenkirchen.
Magath, who has just steered the team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, said last week that he had hoped to see out his contract until 2013.
He had been fighting a running battle with fans for months since edging out the fans representative on the board. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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