Wrexham should launch bold move to appoint ex-Sheffield Wednesday boss if Phil Parkinson is sacked | OneFootball

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney could soon have a tough call to make, and Danny Rohl may hold the key

Wrexham are considering the future of manager Phil Parkinson after a poor start to their Championship season.

With five games played, the Red Dragons have just one win, one draw and have already racked up three losses, putting them just one place above the relegation zone.

That worrying opening, according to a report from talkSPORT, has provoked top-level talks about Parkinson’s position.

Should the Red Dragons dispense with their head coach, they should certainly consider making an ambitious play for former Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl.

Wrexham reportedly considering Phil Parkinson sack after slow Championship start

The 57-year-old has taken the Red Dragons all the way from the National League to the Championship, and as such will forever hold a prime place in Wrexham’s history.

But his poor start in the second tier cannot, and will not, be ignored by higher-ups who decisively axed fan favourites Paul Mullin and Ollie Palmer from the squad this summer.

According to numbers crunched by talkSPORT, the Welsh side have spent an eye-watering £30m this summer, accruing a net spend larger than the likes of Barcelona and Aston Villa.

Such investment will be expected to bring results, and it’s increasingly looking like Parkinson may not be the man to deliver that.

Danny Rohl must be considered as a replacement for Phil Parkinson if Wrexham make decision

With that in mind, attention turns to who might be fit to fill the potential future vacancy, and Wrexham would certainly be smart to sound out former Owls boss Rohl.

He arrived at Hillsborough with Wednesday in October 2023 in a much more perilous position than Wrexham are currently, and still managed to rescue them, before landing a strong mid-table position the season after, amid chaos at board level with Dejphon Chansiri’s controversial ownership.

The German left Yorkshire with few fans, having openly touted himself for other jobs while still manager – even at one point inviting German media to Wednesday’s facilities to express his future plans – although Rohl himself would argue that he only acted that way due to the chaos above him.

Following his wizardry with Wednesday, working on a shoestring, handling off-pitch drama and somehow making his side competitive in the Championship, he was touted for a number of top jobs, at the top end of the second tier, bottom-end Premier League sides and Bundesliga outfits.

Despite that, nothing came to fruition, and he entered the new season unemployed.

The German made some enemies for the way he conducted himself at the end of his Wednesday tenure, but even his harshest critic could not deny his coaching and management ability.

Available, with no compensation to pay another club, with a proven track record of improving a side in exactly Wrexham’s position, there will be few candidates as strong as Rohl.

Wrexham would need to perform another miracle to land Danny Rohl

Such talent does not go unnoticed, however, and as such Rohl has been linked with an array of higher status vacancies than Wrexham can offer.

At various points, the head coach has been linked with the likes of Leicester City and Werder Bremen, among others, and as such may now have an elevated idea of where to pitch himself, potentially beyond where Wrexham currently find themselves.

But it would not be the first time they have defied expectations; they did exactly the same with Parkinson, who they lured to the fifth tier after his last position had seen him take charge of Sunderland.

And they are still surprising the football world today, attracting the likes of Nathan Broadhead, Ben Sheaf, Callum Doyle, Kieffer Moore and Josh Windass; business any normal club in their position could only dream of.

That willingness to invest in top talent could tempt Rohl, who finds himself without a clear direction at the moment, along with the spotlight the Racecourse brings.