Schalke Keep Keller As Coach For 2014

[Folami David]

Schalke 04 confirmed on Sunday that coach Jens Keller will remain in charge of the Royal Blues going into 2014, despite a string of erratic results.
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"All topics have been discussed constructively and openly with a clear analysis of what must be improved," said the club in a statement.
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"All this Jens Keller and his coaching team will work on when the preparations for the second part of the season begin on January 3."
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The 43-year-old Keller was forced to watch Saturday's goalless draw at Nuremberg on television at home after suffering with a stomach virus.
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The result left Schalke seventh in the table – 16 points behind leaders Bayern Munich – after suffering five league defeats in the first half of the season.
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Although Keller has earned a reprieve from Schalke's advisory board, only improved results after the winter break, which started Sunday, will safe-guard his future.
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Although they have already been knocked out of the German Cup, Schalke have reached the last 16 of the Champions League where they will meet Real Madrid.
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Having taken charge in December 2012, the 43-year- old Keller has fallen some way short of the club's pre- season target of challenging for the league title.
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"Overall, it's been a turbulent half a year," Schalke's director of sport Horst Heldt told Sky Sports.
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"There have been situations that we've not been so happy with."
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But while Keller, who is under contract until June 2015, can breath a little easier, there is no such peace of mind for Hanover's Mirko Slomka over the festive period.

[Shola Sholaz]

Continuity is key in club football

[Nifemi Donald]

The same thing Tottenham Hotspur and Cardiff City could not do. Let us wait and see which of this clubs will have the Last Laugh.