DANNY Röhl knows winning is the most important thing as he prepares to get to work with his Rangers squad.
In an exclusive first interview with the club, the head coach shared his excitement at joining Rangers and has already turned his attention to his first fixture against SK Brann on Thursday evening.
He said: “Winning is the most important thing. We don’t have a lot of time, but I won’t use that as an excuse. We know where we are and which direction we want to go.
“We want to play attacking football and that means we have to press high and with intensity, we have to be connected in all parts of the game. We need to be good in transition moments in both directions and that means all of the players need to hunt the ball. We want to create a lot of chances and goals.
“Fans don’t want to see draws, or small wins, they want to see exciting wins and that’s what we will try to do.”
“It is a demanding league and it is very intensive. You will have different challenges, especially when you go away, there are different stadiums, but I think my group will handle these things. I am looking forward to it. We are a huge club who should control games”
With a coaching career which includes RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich, and the German national team, Röhl has tasted success in Germany, and believes Rangers was the perfect fit for him.
He continued: “I took a lot from the last years at the highest level. I want to be at an ambitious club, and I think this is exactly the challenge I want to have. This is an ambitious club, we want to win things and not just in two or three years as soon as possible, and for this we have to start now.
“We know what we have to do of course, it is a demanding club, and this is the reason I am here. I demand a lot from my players, my coaching team and a lot from myself.
"It is about winning games, and we have to start very soon, we have the first opportunity on Thursday in the Europa League. I think it is amazing to be part of this fantastic club, and I am really looking forward to it.”
Röhl previously worked with Djeidi Gassama at Sheffield Wednesday, and believes the current squad has good balance and quality as he can’t wait to get started.
He continued: “We have a great balance with exciting young players. I have worked with Djeidi for the last two years, and we are proud of him. We have experienced players too and we need that balance.
“I am a coach who is looking forward to working with everyone. It is not about the age of the player for me, it is about their quality, and I look at this squad, and we have really good players. But my job now is to bring that quality onto the pitch and make a good team with high quality and that’s what I want to do.”
“When I look at the schedule, I am very excited about the different challenges. We have Europe, the league, and the important cup game as well. In the next three weeks we can really influence our season, and I think our mindset is that we have to go into the games to win. We have the quality, but we have to work and invest a lot.”
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