Rohl leaves Rangers for RB Salzburg

Rohl leaves Rangers for RB SalzburgByTom EnglishBBC Scotland's chief sports writerPublished1 minute agoByMartin WattBBC Sport ScotlandDanny Rohl has left Rangers after just eight months in charge to become Red Bull Salzburg's head coach.The German's exit leaves Rangers searching for their third boss in 12 months - with Hearts head coach Derek McInnes strongly linked with the job.Rohl, 37, replaced Russell Martin in October and steered Rangers into a three-way title fight, but a post-split collapse yielded a third-place finish behind Celtic and Hearts as the Ibrox club ended the campaign without silverware.Chairman Andrew Cavenagh publicly backed Rohl at the end of the season, but the German now returns to the Red Bull stable, having begun his coaching career at Leipzig under Ralph Hasenhuttl.Rohl, who had two years left on his deal, departs to take over a Salzburg side that came third in Austria last season - the club's lowest finish in two decades - and will enter the Europa League at the third qualifying round, the same stage as Rangers.Daniel Beichler was sacked as Salzburg boss last month after just 14 games.Rohl joined Hasenhuttl at Southampton in 2018, then moved to Bayern Munich as assistant to Hansi Flick and helped the club win the Bundesliga. He was then appointed Sheffield Wednesday manager in 2023.Rohl never looked happy at Rangers - analysisRohl's exit is slightly embarrassing for Cavenagh as he's gone out on a limb to defend the manager in the face of criticism from fans.I wonder if Rohl was ever really happy at Rangers. He never gave the impression he was totally at ease with the league.I think the club have done everything to try to put him at ease and they gave him money to spend, but I'm not sure he's ever been a natural fit for Scottish football.For Rangers, McInnes is a no-brainer, an obvious call.He's very experienced, a gnarled pro in Scotland, there's nothing he doesn't know about this lea...