Neururer reveals he is prepared to succeed Gross at Schalke 04

During an interview with

Sport1

,

Peter Neururer

admitted he was hinted that he may be appointed as

Christian Gross

’s replacement after

dismissed him on Sunday following their thumping 5-1 defeat by

.

"

But the signals have to come from the right people,

" said Neururer and continued that "

there's no question"

he intends to help

'The Royal Blues

'.

"

But I won't influence any decisions,

" the former Schalke coach insisted.

As well as Gross, the club has also relieved assistant coach Rainer Widmayer, Sascha Riether, fitness coach Werner Leuthard, and Jochen Schneider of their duties.

"

Strangely enough, I already knew that some people would lose their jobs few days ago. The fact that I knew three days in advance that this would happen on Sunday morning is a sign of weakness from the club

," said Neururer.

Neururer has been a coach at Schalke, Hertha BSC, Hannover 96, FC Köln, and Bochum.

Schalke are sitting 18th on the

table, having earned only nine points in 23 matches they played this season.

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