Magath won’t press the panic button

(GSM) – Schalke 04 boss Felix Magath has refused that he will panic despite his side’s disappointing start to the season.

Magath’s decision comes after goalkeeper Manuel Neuer’s revelation that he is considering leaving the club.

Die Königsblauen have won just one of their first seven Bundesliga matches and find themselves second from the bottom of the table.

After Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Nurnberg, Germany number one Neuer admitted that he is “not happy at Schalke” and that he is uncertain about whether he will stay until the end of his contract in 2012.

Those remarks have not alarmed Magath, however. “Who should be happy?” he said on Austria’s Servus TV programme.

“Nobody can be happy with the current situation. However, that does not mean I should doubt everything.”

Magath signed 14 new players in the summer and released 15, and claims he made such a drastic change to satisfy Neuer.

“My argument is that I have to offer players like Neuer European football and that is why we started this revolution,” added Magath. “We did it so that we could find arguments to keep hold of somebody like Manuel Neuer.

“Everybody knows that such a revolution is problematic and even I don’t know how long it will last.”