Will Schalke sack Di Matteo?

The Italian failed to achieve Champions League
qualification and looks to have subsequently paid
the price after just seven months in charge
Schalke chief Horst Heldt has claimed "nothing is
decided" as reports suggest the club have sacked
head coach Roberto Di Matteo .
The Gelsenkirchen side were beaten 2-0 by
Hamburg on the final day of the Bundesliga season,
meaning they finished the campaign in sixth place
and failed to qualify for next season's Champions
League.

That was at least enough to secure a Europa
League spot, but should Borussia Dortmund win
the DFB-Pokal next week and claim a European
place then Schalke will face a play-off to qualify for
the group stage.
Consequently, numerous media outlets in Germany
are reporting the club have opted to part ways with
Di Matteo just seven months after his appointment,
but Schalke chief executive Heldt would not
confirm anything was set in stone.
"All who are responsible for the sporting side, be it
the coach, the players, the sporting executive,
everything has to be put on the table," he told
reporters.
"Then we will make a decision. Nothing is decided
yet."
Di Matteo - who won the Champions League with
Chelsea in 2012 - was named Jens Keller's
successor in October but has overseen a mixed
campaign.
Schalke impressed in reaching the last 16 of
Europe's elite competition and were unfortunate to
be knocked out by Real Madrid after winning 4-3
in the second leg at the Bernabeu.
However, Di Matteo appears to have paid for his
side's poor showing in the Bundesliga.