FILE PHOTO: DFB Cup - Quarter Final - FC Augsburg v RB Leipzig - WWK Arena, Augsburg, Germany - April 2, 2019 FC Augsburg coach Manuel Baum before the match REUTERS/Andreas Gebert
BERLIN (Reuters) - Schalke 04 on Wednesday appointed Manuel Baum as their new head coach following the dismissal of David Wagner last week, the German Football Association (DFB) said.
The Royal Blues are hoping Baum, who joins from the DFB where he was a youth coach, can turn things around, with Schalke having won none of their last 18 league games.
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