Danny Röhl ‘will see which direction Sheffield Wednesday are going’ in January transfer window?
In what has become a recurring theme this season, the Owls’ 1-0 loss to Blackburn Rovers left them lamenting crucial moments.
Manager Danny Röhl was left talking about a performance that was “close, but not close enough,” not for the first time in a season filled with highs and lows.
Röhl has spoken for some weeks about his desire to bring players of high impact to the squad in January, pinpointing the Premier League loans market as a preferred hunting ground following the successful arrivals of key men James Beadle and Shea Charles from top tier clubs.
In a frank post-match interview following the Blackburn defeat, Röhl was asked how much he expects the winter transfer window to help close the gap on the teams above them in the table and what might be possible.
“My statements have been very clear for weeks and months,” he told The Star. “Not all the things that I recommended are possible.
Not all the things are easy in the market. In January we will see in which direction we want to go. We will try our best. Some decisions I cannot influence, I can just recommend.
I think if we look back at the summer it is again the same points we have to improve and I work again. I do everything, all the decisions I make are for our success.
“At the moment I don’t really know what is possible for the budget, what is possible for the players; who wants to come, who doesn’t want to come. These are the questions we will try to find answers for. But for more we need extra and everybody can see this, or should see this.”
The remarks follow a race to safety at the close of the season in which Röhl was vocal about the necessity for discussions about the club’s future. He managed a massive squad turnover, which he made clear was a first step, and proposed both short- and long-term goals in May.
He also signed a new deal with Wednesday, which is intended to extend his tenure at Hillsborough until 2027.
In his post-match interview with BBC Sheffield, the Owls boss said on the likely scale of the club’s January activity: “This is a decision for the club.
I have recommendations, I think everybody knows what is my ambition but the final decision is not my final decision. We work together, we find a solution, but then you can ask me after January and then you can ask me what is the ambition of the club and what is my ambition of course.”
