DUSSELDORF – Schalke have renewed the contract of coach
Domenico Tedesco by three years until 2022, while defender Thilo
Kehrer is set to be the next player to leave the Bundesliga club.
Schalke said on Sunday that Tedesco had received a new long-term deal
after leading them to third place and into the Champions League in
his debut campaign 2017-18.
"Continuity is an important fundamental for the goals we have set
ourselves in the coming years. Particularly when it comes to the
manager, who from a sporting perspective is the most important man at
the football club for me," sporting director Christian Heidel said.
Tedesco said: "I have always said that I feel completely at home
here. I love working with this team, it's so much fun because they
are always ready to take the next step so that we can develop
ourselves on a sporting level."
Schalke's previous coaches Markus Weinzierl (2016-17) and Andre
Breitenreiter (2015-16) had lasted only one season each.
In another statement, Schalke said that they have agreed with Paris
Saint-Germain on a transfer of the young defender Kehrer to the
French champions, pending the mandatory medical.
No details were given, but the Bild newspaper placed the transfer fee
at 17 million euros (19.4 million dollars) for the 21-year-old
Kehrer. PSG are coached by German Thomas Tuchel.
Heidel said that "the transfer fee for a player whose contract
expires next year prompted us to support this transfer."
Midfielders Max Meyer (Crystal Palace) and Leon Goretzka (Bayern
Munich) also left the club ahead of the season which starts next
weekend.