The German’s chairman is over from American and took in Sunday’s game at Hampden and training ahead of Roma
15:50, 05 Nov 2025Updated 19:35, 05 Nov 2025
Rangers manager Danny Rohl
Danny Rohl is far too well-mannered a chap to say what he really thinks about the man he used to call boss at Hillsborough.
But it’s also clear he’s not just being polite for the sake of it when singing the praises of the chairman he’s now reporting to at Ibrox.
To say the German had it tough with his former gig at Sheffield Wednesday is a bit like saying Dermot Desmond and Brendan Rodgers have had a bit of a falling out.
Under the now-ousted Dejphon Chansiri, Rohl found himself working for one of the few clubs in British football that could realistically be described as being worse run than Rangers.
From transfer embargoes to missed wage payments and even stand closures, Chansiri oversaw a chaotic regime that was only turfed out when the Yorkshire outfit was thrust into administration last month.
In what was his first job in front-line management at the age of just 34, former Bayern Munich coach Rohl found himself tasked with trying to hold a broken club together.
It all proved too much for him in the summer as Wednesday lurched another couple of steps closer to the brink of disaster, with Rohl opting to walk away for the sake of his own career.
A lack of dialogue with Chansiri was the main reason for his departure but the same can’t be said for his relationship with the man in charge at Ibrox.
Rangers chairman Andrew Cavenagh watches on
Andrew Cavenagh was in Glasgow to watch his new head coach take training but even when the club’s US-based chairman is back Stateside at his home in Pennsylvania, the pair have kept in daily contact while they plot the next step in yet another Rangers rebuild.
But Rohl is hoping that tight bond they’ve formed already will allow them to move forward as a united front when he gives his initial findings on the squad he has inherited from Russell Martin later this month.
“I must say, so far, we have a great connection and relationship,” said Rohl. “We always talk after games and this is good. I must say, I missed this type of relationship for the last two years.
“All in all, all the people around me are trying to support me and they help mean different parts of this job. It allows me to focus on the aspects that are my responsibility.
“In my last job it was a different environment. At that time, it was just the owner and me. From recruitment, to match prep, to looking for pre-season camps, these were things I had to look at by myself.
“There were a lot of good people at the club, people who are still at the club. But now I have more people around me and this is important.”
Rohl could do with having a few more quality recruits by his side but he will reserve passing judgement on the players he currently has at his disposal until the international break.
Only then will he spell out to Cavenagh the brutal truth of the situation left behind after Martin’s disastrous 122-day reign.
He said: “After the first two or three weeks, I have my all my notes together and during the international break we will talk about what were my first impressions.
“I will give my feedback got some topics and to carry on this is very important. I will need more than three weeks to know more and more.
“Even now, some players haven’t been able to show that they can do maybe. And I think it is important that I try to give everyone a chance.
“Some players have had more chances than others at the moment and others have had to wait. But I am sure we will make good decisions for the future.”
Rohl’s side have been left to live with the regrets of the missed chances and officiating decisions that cost them against Celtic in Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup semi.
But the Ibrox gaffer accepts there’s no point looking back when there’s so much work to be done going forward.
He said: “I agree we are disappointed after this game. In the second half we tried to be on the front foot, of course they had a couple of chances against us but we also had some good moments.
“You saw a team that for 90 minutes tried to come back and the equaliser was I think deserved because we invested a lot of things.
“In the end, the goal to make it 2-1 came too early in extra time and left us with disappointment.
“Overall, we lost the game so I think it makes no sense now to be too positive. There are things we need to improve. We spoke this morning about some of those things and now we need to move on.”
Next up are Serie A cracks Roma and Gers don’t have a second to sulk if they are to rescue a Europe League campaign that is in danger of falling flat after three straight defeats.
Rohl said: “The next one is always the most important one and of course in this competition right now we have zero points.
“So we need to start picking some up as soon as possible. But of course we are facing an opponent who is strong in their league.
“We’ve also seen, though, parts of the game that we have to better if we’re to hurt them and it’s important to understand the need to be brave and thinking forward.
“There will be moments tomorrow that are 50-50, if you win duels, if you attack in the right spaces then we have a chance.` If not it could go in the other direction. This is the balance we have to understand.”