2023-11-27 19:57:22
Published27. November 2023, 8:57 p.m
Decision approaching: Will Murat Yakin be released before the European Championship draw?
In the next few days it will be decided whether Murat Yakin will travel to the European Championships with the national team or whether the association will pull the ripcord.
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Is Murat Yakin going to the European Championships as a coach with the national team?
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With the qualification he has achieved, Yakin has a valid contract as a national team coach until the end of summer 2024. Whether he can fulfill this is the hot topic.
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Dominique Blanc, President of the Swiss Football Association, gave Yakin a job guarantee until the European Championships before the last three winless games.
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That’s what it’s about
Murat Yakin was actually supposed to travel to the European Championship group draw on Saturday.
But now it is said that the coach could be fired beforehand.
Nati director Pierluigi Tami has not yet completed his analysis.
“It is certain that we will go to the draw with Murat Yakin on December 2nd,” said Nati director Pierluigi Tami after the last qualifying game in Romania. Dominique Blanc, President of the Swiss Football Association (SFV), even made a European Championship promise to Yakin. Both nonsense? As “CH Media” wrote on Monday, the SFV will decide on the future of Murat Yakin as the Swiss national coach in the coming days. So if Yakin flies to the draw in Hamburg on Saturday, he will also be at the European Championships in Germany. If not, he will have to resign from his post.
There is a lot of debate going on behind the scenes. President Dominique Blanc would like to stick to his public promises to Yakin. However, Nati director Pierluigi Tami refused to provide any support for Yakin in the last two weeks. “Murat has to explain to us what happened between September, October and November and what his solutions are,” he said after the 0-1 loss against Romania last Tuesday. This means: The director is critical of the development of the Swiss national team – and rightly so: Since the successful start in March, Switzerland has only won against Andorra, they have given up a lead several times and with every loss of points, players and coaches came increasingly in need of explanation.
The player council is also consulted
Is this development the fault of coach Murat Yakin? Tami now wants to determine this with an analysis and present the results to the central board. The seven-member board includes President Blanc, General Secretary Robert Breiter, League President Philipp Studhalter and CEO Claudius Schäfer, Samuel Scheidegger and Marco Di Palma (President and Vice President of the 1st League) as well as the bosses of the amateurs Sandro Stroppa and Stephan Häuselmann.
According to “CH Media”, Tami also wants to speak to the players’ council and get their assessment before making his final conclusion. In addition to Captain Granit Xhaka, they include Yann Sommer, Remo Freuler, Xherdan Shaqiri, Manuel Akanji and Denis Zakaria. The rumor mill surrounding the Nati has been simmering for days. Some say that Tami was already thinking about releasing Yakin after the disastrous 3-3 draw against Belarus in October. Others say that various players would be critical of a further path with the 49-year-old. It seems clear: Murat Yakin’s lobby and support has been melting away at a record pace for weeks. The coming hours and days will decide whether we can make it to the European Championships.
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