December 27, 2020 GMT
FILE - In this March 12, 2010 file photo, Stuttgart s head coach Christian Gross reacts during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and VfB Stuttgart in Gelsenkirchen. Christian Gross returns to Schalke ten years later as new head coach of the struggling Bundesliga team. After David Wagner, Manuel Baum and interims coach Huub Stevens, the Swiss is the 4th head coach for Schalke this season. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
FILE - In this March 12, 2010 file photo, Stuttgart s head coach Christian Gross reacts during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and VfB Stuttgart in Gelsenkirchen. Christian Gross returns to Schalke ten years later as new head coach of the struggling Bundesliga team. After David Wagner, Manuel Baum and interims coach Huub Stevens, the Swiss is the 4th head coach for Schalke this season. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
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CRISIS-HIT Bundesliga giants Schalke 04 have confirmed former Tottenham manager Christian Gross as a permanent successor to sacked head coach Manuel Baum.
Gross becomes the club’s fourth head coach in 2020, having signed a short-term deal until the end of the current season.
The 66-year-old, who saved Tottenham from relegation in the 1997/98 season, will be charged with guiding Schalke off the bottom of the table and ending their miserable winless run of 29 league games.
The Gelsenkirchen-based club have parted ways with two coaches since their last league win in January, with former Huddersfield coach David Wagner sacked in September and Manuel Baum following him after just 80 days in charge.
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Christian Gross: Schalke appoint former Spurs boss Christian Gross as new coach
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27 December 202027 December 2020.From the section European Football
Gross had a previous spell in the Bundesliga with Stuttgart, but lasted less than a year
Former Tottenham boss Christian Gross has been appointed as Schalke s fourth coach of a miserable season so far.
The 66-year-old, who left Saudi Arabia s Al-Ahli in February, arrived at Tottenham in November 1997 but lasted less than 10 months.
Schalke, bottom of the German Bundesliga after 13 games, have already been managed by David Wagner, Manuel Baum and Huub Stevens this season. I want to feel the players enthusiasm at all times, said Gross.
MATCHDAY: Arsenal, City meet in English League Cup quarters
By The Associated PressDecember 22, 2020 GMT
ENGLAND
The English League Cup reaches the quarterfinals stage this week and Manchester City is closing in on another slice of history under Pep Guardiola. City’s players lifted the trophy for the third consecutive year last season and are three matches away from winning four in a row, which will match the achievement of Liverpool in the 1980s. Arsenal is City’s opponent in the last eight in the latest head-to-head between Guardiola and the man who was his assistant at City for 3 1/2 years, Mikel Arteta. The other match sees second-tier Brentford host Newcastle and look for another win over Premier League opposition having beaten Southampton, West Bromwich Albion and Fulham en route to the quarters.