Roberto Di Matteo steps down as Schalke manager after just seven months in charge
- Roberto Di Matteo was appointed Schalke head coach in October 2014
- Lifted side to sixth in the Bundesliga but finished the season poorly
- Says club couldn't 'create the necessary conditions to guarantee success'
- General manager Horst Heidt rejects reports Di Matteo was sacked
- The 44-year-old won Champions League and FA Cup with Chelsea in 2012
Former Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo has left his role at Schalke after just seven months in charge of the Bundesliga side.
Di Matteo took over in October with the team sitting in 11th place in the table and galvanised the side, almost knocking Real Madrid out of the Champions League with a 4-3 win at the Bernabeu.
But the club announced on Tuesday that Di Matteo has stepped down as head coach after a disappointing end to the season, with Schalke only qualifying for the Europa League following a sixth-placed finish.
The Italian
boss, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2012, says Schalke
couldn't 'create the necessary conditions to guarantee success'.
'In
the last two days Horst Heldt and I not only discussed the last seven
months, but more importantly turned our attention to planning the new
season,' Di Matteo said.
'I
presented an idea for a possible successful future and the necessary
conditions to put that idea into effect. Despite the fact that my
discussions with Horst Heldt were constructive, at a certain point it
became clear that the club's view differed and would be unable to create
those conditions in the foreseeable future.
'The
frustration at the club after an unsatisfactory second half of the
season is too great. With the club unable to create what I consider to
be the necessary conditions it is not possible to guarantee the success
expected by a club like Schalke 04.
'Therefore I think a fresh start is best for a club and its supporters who have become very close to my heart.'
Source: Daily mail
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