After a poor start to the season and Schalke 04 were sitting 15th and fighting to stay to in the bundesliga.Their sacked Jens Keller and brought in a young inexperience English manager Ryan Hunt, which did not please Die Königsblauen. So with the crowd already against the young man, Ryan did not have the best of starts by losing his first 4 games.
But with January transfer window around the corner it was important that Ryan made the right signings and he did. His first signing was known as coup even if it was on loan, it was the young French centre half Raphael Varane. The second signing was a midfielder from Olympiacos named as Andre Martins for a fee of 9 million. The third and final signing of the window was Richairo Živković for a fee of 8 million.
After the window closed it wasn't long before the Zivkovic was worth his value after bagging 5 goals in 9 games helping Schalke to safety for that season.
However with them not getting into Europe for next season that applied pressure on the Die Konigsblauen board to sack Ryan or not. After having meeting with the board about his future both parties agreed for ryan to keep his job he would have get 10 points in his first 5 games of the new season. However to please the Die Konigsblauen fans and board was that their had qualified for Europe via the fair play award.
So the team arrived back for pre-season with some new faces too join the ranks of the Die konigsblauen with the dutch goalkeeper Jeroen zoet joining for 5 million and jordi amat joining from Man city for 4.6 million. With players coming in meant that Schalke had to sell with letting go of there best youth player which was melyer letting go to Bayern munich for a fee of 31 million. With at money coming in it allowed Ryan to purchase ben davis from Swansea for 13 million.
After a great start to the season going 7 games without conceding a goal. Schalke was sitting in the top three however 9 points behind Dortmund leaving really chasing third place all season. When the January Transfer come round Ryan pulled off the transfer of the window with Adnan januzaj for 24 million. With that signing schalke went on to finish 3rd and only 1 point behind Dortmund.
Now its time for Ryan to rebuild the team or look to leave the team as he has one year left on his contract
But with January transfer window around the corner it was important that Ryan made the right signings and he did. His first signing was known as coup even if it was on loan, it was the young French centre half Raphael Varane. The second signing was a midfielder from Olympiacos named as Andre Martins for a fee of 9 million. The third and final signing of the window was Richairo Živković for a fee of 8 million.
After the window closed it wasn't long before the Zivkovic was worth his value after bagging 5 goals in 9 games helping Schalke to safety for that season.
However with them not getting into Europe for next season that applied pressure on the Die Konigsblauen board to sack Ryan or not. After having meeting with the board about his future both parties agreed for ryan to keep his job he would have get 10 points in his first 5 games of the new season. However to please the Die Konigsblauen fans and board was that their had qualified for Europe via the fair play award.
So the team arrived back for pre-season with some new faces too join the ranks of the Die konigsblauen with the dutch goalkeeper Jeroen zoet joining for 5 million and jordi amat joining from Man city for 4.6 million. With players coming in meant that Schalke had to sell with letting go of there best youth player which was melyer letting go to Bayern munich for a fee of 31 million. With at money coming in it allowed Ryan to purchase ben davis from Swansea for 13 million.
After a great start to the season going 7 games without conceding a goal. Schalke was sitting in the top three however 9 points behind Dortmund leaving really chasing third place all season. When the January Transfer come round Ryan pulled off the transfer of the window with Adnan januzaj for 24 million. With that signing schalke went on to finish 3rd and only 1 point behind Dortmund.
Now its time for Ryan to rebuild the team or look to leave the team as he has one year left on his contract
