Danny Rohl, the 37-year-old coach who left Rangers in June to join Red Bull Salzburg, said he has no regrets about the move, telling BBC Sport: 'I can confirm, it's a good move.' Rohl spoke from Salzburg's training ground in Taxham, where he described an eventful 12-month period that took him from Sheffield Wednesday to Rangers to Austria.
Danny Rohl says Red Bull Salzburg move was 'right one' after leaving Rangers
Danny Rohl, the 37-year-old coach who left Rangers in June to join Red Bull Salzburg, said he has no regrets about the move, telling BBC Sport: 'I can confirm, it's a good move.' Rohl spoke from Salzburg's training ground in Taxham, where he described an eventful 12-month period that took him from Sheffield Wednesday to Rangers to Austria.
Rohl took charge of Rangers when they were sixth in the Scottish Premiership after one win in eight games. He brought them back into title contention but four defeats in their final five games left the club third. He had expected to remain at Ibrox, but a call about Salzburg's interest — received while he was on holiday in Hawaii — prompted him to reconsider.
He described holding early-morning phone conversations on a cruise, speaking with both Rangers and Salzburg sporting director Marcus Mann before deciding to move. 'I said from the first day to both, if there's no agreement then we carry on, we move on because I have big respect to Rangers,' Rohl said. 'It was also clear, our story was not finished.'
Derek McInnes replaced Rohl at Rangers. McInnes, who had previously taken Hearts to the brink of the Scottish title before Celtic won it on the final day, had not won any of his opening four games at the time of publication, including a Europa League exit to Polish side Jagiellonia Bialystok.
Salzburg had not won the Austrian Bundesliga title for the previous three seasons, after winning it for 10 consecutive seasons before that. The club finished third last season. Rohl previously worked at RB Leipzig under Ralph Hassenhuettl and later followed him to Southampton, and also served as a coach with Bayern Munich and the Germany national team.
Salzburg reached the Europa League play-off round against Sweden's Mjallby after coming from 2-0 down to draw 3-3 against Pafos, progressing 4-3 on aggregate. In the Austrian Bundesliga, they had collected four points from two matches — a win over Hartberg and a 1-1 draw at Wolfsberg.
- The source does not state the specific financial or contractual terms of Rohl's departure from Rangers or his agreement with Salzburg.
- The source does not include any response or comment from Rangers on Rohl's departure or his characterisation of the club.
- The source does not state whether Derek McInnes was given an opportunity to respond to Rohl's remarks about the difficulty of managing Rangers.
- The source does not specify the exact date of the conversation between Rohl and Salzburg sporting director Marcus Mann.
- The source does not confirm the status of Lucas Gourna-Douath's reported move to Hull beyond describing him as 'close to joining.'