Sheffield Wednesday head coach Danny Rohl reveals significant update on his future at Championship club
The Owls finish the campaign at Vicarage Road, ironically where the German’s tenure began in the autumn of 2023 as they aim to secure a top-half finish in a turbulent year again characterised by significant issues behind the scenes amid tensions with chairman Dejphon Chansiri.
Rohl has been linked with a move to a number of clubs including Leicester City, Southampton and RB Leipzig.
Rohl said: “Let’s give us the last game and then of course, we will speak again – myself and the club and then let’s see in which direction it goes. I think at the moment this is all I can say.
On whether his decision could go ‘either way’, Rohl, whose deal ends in June 2027, added: “Without going too much into details, I think I understand this (topic).
“I had (questions) this week, you ask me what I did so far – I had sponsors’ dinners and invited my staff all out for a last dinner this week to say thank you and we had the EFL awards and all these things.
“Of course, I got this question many times. But I must really say I put all these things away and my focus is for the last game and then lets see what the future brings.
Sheffield Wednesday laid down marker to finish well against Watford ‘weapons
Both Watford and Sheffield Wednesday entered the Christmas months wondering what might be possible – and whether a mutual underdog scrap for what Danny Röhl described as ‘something special’ might just be on the cards. As it has happened, both have had to settle for the achievement of long-held midtable safety.
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Indeed, this afternoon marks the first time in five years that Wednesday have lined up in their last outing without either promotion or relegation on the line. Other fights are being fought elsewhere; for the title, for the play-offs and for a retention of second tier status. It’s been an odd feeling, but one that should be seen as a huge positive. For a club of Wednesday’s standing in the division, this feels a more than solid campaign.
And despite the jeopardy-free nature of proceedings, Danny Röhl has tasked his side with winning the intensity war. In a troubling season of form at Hillsborough, Watford delivered the only real hammering on the results card, a 6-2 November slapping that fittingly fell just days on from Halloween. It’s Wednesday’s turn to out the frighteners on the Hornets, Röhl suggested.
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“They have also not had a successful second half of the season and they took not so many points,” said the Owls boss. “It is the last game of the season and of course they will want to try again for one more home win, that was their biggest strength in the first half of the season. They took a lot of points at home.
“But it is about which team can go again on the highest intensity with the highest level. It is a good team with a lot of individual players in front. They have some weapons. But we are in a good way, especially away, we will go there and hopefully we will see a good Championship football game with nice football, good intensity and hopefully with a good end for us.”
