01-07-2009, 23:45
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Schalke Chairman Clemens Tonnies Promises End To Bundesliga Wait
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Schalke’s chief has promised the fans that their long wait for their first Bundesliga title will soon be over…
With new trainer Felix Magath installed at the helm, Schalke chairman Clemens Tonnies believes it is only a matter of time before the Koenigsblauen end their long wait to bring the league title to the Ruhr.
The club have never won the Bundesliga in it’s current guise and have to go back as far as 1958 for their last national league title. Their only other real moment of glory came back in 1997, when they won the UEFA Cup.
Felix Magath, who won the title last season with Wolfsburg, will have high expectations on him, but Tonnies has urged the fans not to expect too much in the first season.
"We are going to win this trophy," Tonnies told the club's AGM at the weekend.
"Felix Magath has promised it to us, but don't kill me if it only happens in his fourth year. He is not a magician or miracle-maker, he is no messiah."
Magath, for his part, is keen on adding to the Bundesliga title he won with Wolfsburg, as well as the three he claimed while he was in charge at Bayern Munich.
"I want to achieve the maximum," Magath said.
"We have a good team and we will be playing for a place in Europe, I am certain of that."
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http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germa...-to-bundesliga
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