New Danny Rohl twist emerges at Sheffield Wednesday - exit possible | OneFootball

The position of Sheffield Wednesday head coach Danny Rohl is unclear following clear the air talks with players and staff earlier in the week.

The position of Danny Rohl as the head coach of Sheffield Wednesday remains unclear following "clear the air" talks with players and staff this week.

Sheffield Wednesday's complex summer doesn't seem to be getting any easier, with reports that the "clear the air" talks held between head coach held earlier in the week haven't definitively resolved whether he will still be in charge of the team by the start of the new season.

Wednesday have endured a chaotic time of things since the end of the 2024-25 season. A three-window transfer embargo has been put in place over the club's failure to pay staff and HMRC on time throughout the season, while several players have handed in their notice to leave the club over this ongoing issue.

Questions remain over Rohl's Hillsborough return following talks

The Sheffield Star reports that the talks were held in an attempt to clear the air, with several players having taken umbrage at the idea of Rohl returning to the club after he was linked with a host of other clubs and didn't return to take their first pre-season training sessions of the 2025-26 season.

They also report that the club gave assistant head coach Henrik Pedersen a new contract this summer which would have given him the job upon Rohl's departure.

But with Rohl's position unclear, Pedersen's is as well now. It is clear that the club have a replacement lined up for Rohl in the event that he doesn't return on a permanent basis.

Rohl confusion is emblematic of Sheffield Wednesday's chaotic summer

The confusion over whether Danny Rohl is emblematic of the broader issues facing Sheffield Wednesday at present. It has been clear for some time that the club's position will best be secured by a change of ownership, but talks will take some time to complete.

Owner Dejphon Chansiri has already rejected offers for the club from an American-based consortium, but there is understood to be considerable interest in buying the club from elsewhere.

The exact nature of the issues that some players and/or staff may have over Rohl returning have not been made clear, but it is clear that his strategy of staying in Germany over the course of the summer while awaiting another position has failed. Rohl was linked to several positions in the Bundesliga, as well as vacant positions at Southampton, Leicester City.

Rohl is a highly-rated young coach who got Sheffield Wednesday's team performing above expectations throughout the 2024-25 season. But the mention of Henrik Pedersen's contract offer adds an intriguing detail to the whole saga. It may well be that the players would prefer Pedersen to Rohl for the new season. Wednesday's pre-season remains mired in uncertainty in just about every sense possible, for the time being, at least.