Danny Rohl’s Rangers record assessed as departure to “ambitious” Red Bull Salzburg is confirmed

Rangers person confirmed the departure of caput manager Danny Rohl by communal statement aft conscionable 8 months astatine Ibrox.

The 37-year-old replaced Russell Martin arsenic Gers brag successful October and had 2 years remaining connected his contract, but helium has decided to permission and instrumentality complaint of Austrian broadside Red Bull Salzburg.

“I’d similar to convey Danny for his work and committedness to Rangers,” Chairman Andrew Cavenagh told the club’s authoritative website.

"He and his unit enactment successful a important magnitude of hard enactment during his clip successful charge, which we are greatly appreciative of. We privation them the champion of luck moving forward.”

Rangers person besides confirmed that first-team show manager, Sascha Lense, and first-team analyst, Tristan Steiner, volition beryllium leaving the club.

A little connection from Rangers concluded that “a further update from the nine connected the vacant presumption volition travel successful owed course,” with Hearts caput manager Derek McInnes expected to beryllium named arsenic Rohl’s successor.

Rohl arrived astatine Rangers with conscionable 2 years of elder managerial acquisition nether his loop with Championship broadside Sheffield Wednesday, but was viewed arsenic a suitable prime to cleanable up the messiness near down by Martin, who was incapable to get the fans onside during his little tenure.

The German had initially withdrawn from the contention to win Martin aft becoming alert that different names - including Steven Gerrard and Kevin Muscat - were up of him successful the pecking order, but helium was yet persuaded to instrumentality the Ibrox hotseat.

Rohl mislaid 3 of his archetypal 5 games successful complaint of Rangers, 2 successful the Europa League and the Old Firm derby against rivals Celtic, portion helium won a full of six games successful 14 matches crossed each competitions up until Christmas.

Rangers’ signifier improved successful 2026, though, and Rohl managed to steer the nine into a three-way Scottish Premiership rubric conflict with Celtic and Hearts courtesy of a 14-game unbeaten league tally (W10 D4).

However, arsenic soon arsenic the league divided successful two, Rangers collapsed and saw their hopes of winning a archetypal top-flight rubric successful 5 years fizzle retired successful disappointing fashion, aft suffering 4 consecutive defeats successful their last 5 matches.

The Gers, who were besides eliminated successful some home cupful competitions by Celtic, ending a trophyless play 3rd successful the Premiership array and 10 points down their bitter rivals, who snatched the rubric with a final-day triumph implicit Hearts.

Why has Rohl swapped Rangers for Salzburg?

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Rohl is present excited to instrumentality complaint of Red Bull Salzburg and has explained what has attracted him to this relation with the Austrian Bundesliga outfit.

“I'm incredibly excited astir my caller relation astatine FC Red Bull Salzburg,” helium told the club’s authoritative website. “I'm already acquainted with the nine from my erstwhile coaching acquisition and cognize what opportunities beryllium here, the prime wrong the club, and the ambitious aims they pursue. That's precisely what attracted me.

“Salzburg stands for courageous, intense, and attacking shot – a benignant of shot I powerfully place with and which besides aligns with my ain imaginativeness of the game. Together, we privation to make a squad that plays with energy, determination and with a wide benignant of play.

“Our purpose has to beryllium to bring titles backmost to Salzburg and to correspond the nine successfully connected the European stage. We volition enactment hard each time to execute this.

“The contiguous precedence is to get to cognize the players and everyone progressive quickly, physique adjacent relationships, and hole the squad arsenic champion arsenic imaginable for the challenges ahead.

“We person immoderate breathtaking tasks up of us, and I look guardant to embarking connected this travel together.”

Rohl volition instrumentality complaint of his archetypal grooming league connected Wednesday earlier being unveiled arsenic Salzburg brag astatine a property league aboriginal successful the afternoon.