Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl is of interest to Southampton and the Saints are ‘confident’ of landing him, as per TEAMtalk.
Sheffield Wednesday did not have the best of starts to the campaign but have turned things around and sit five points of the play-offs, 9th in the Championship table.
The Owls’ success has been largely down to popular boss Danny Rohl. The German has been a revelation since coming in last season, where he masterminded a great escape to keep them in the Championship.
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Unsurprisingly, his good work has not gone unnoticed. Rohl has been linked with the vacant post at Southampton after Russell Martin’s sacking and now, TEAMtalk states that the Saints are confident that they can convince Rohl to make the step up and take the head coach role at St. Mary’s.
They state that the Sheffield Wednesday boss is interested in the role and Southampton want him to take over immediately.
Rohl is rated very highly in the game and those at Sheffield Wednesday anticipate that he will be managing in the Premier League soon. Whether that is with Southampton or elsewhere remains to be seen.
Stayed put in the summer
Over the summer, Rohl was linked with a move away. Sunderland were linked with a swoop to bring him in from Sheffield Wednesday as they searched for a new boss after the season’s end.
However, it is unknown whether Sunderland or any other club made an official approach. To put an end to any speculation over his future, Rohl signed a new long-term contract with Sheffield Wednesday.
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Wednesday will be entitled to a hefty compensation fee or release clause for Rohl if an official approach comes in. For any Premier League club though, that should not be a problem and it will come down to Rohl himself.
If Rohl does take the job on the south coast It would not be new surroundings for the German. He has already had a spell with Southampton earlier in his career.
From December 2018 to August 2019, Rohl was assistant manager to Ralph Hasenhuttl, coming with the Austrian from RB Leipzig. Rohl was a key figure in Hasenhuttl’s coaching team.
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However, despite Hasenhuttl’s four-year reign, Rohl left swiftly. The Sheffield Wednesday boss went on to join Hansi Flick’s staff at Bayern Munich, where he became his assistant manager before following Flick to the German national team, then heading to Wednesday.