Sheffield Despite persistent reports that he will join recently relegated Southampton, Wednesday’s head coach Danny Rohl maintains that his attention is still on the Owls.
Ivan Juric has left the Saints, and Rohl is expected to move to the south coast.
After goals from Yan Valery and Djeidi Gassama in the first half, Rohl’s Owls were on track to defeat Blackburn Rovers in the Championship for the sixth time in a row at the half.
However, Rovers rallied, with Yuki Ohashi equalising with a goal in the 85th minute and Tyrhys Dolan heading home in the 51st, earning them just their second point in seven games under former Barnsley manager Valerien Ismael.
The match came a day on from Wednesday confirming a delay to player salary payments for March had been resolved, and boss Rohl said: “The good thing is it’s sorted.
“You can believe me, it’s not easy for players not really knowing, but they’re doing well, they’re not to blame, they carry on, and I think be proud of this team.”
On links with Southampton, he added: “For the moment, I will not speak about my future.
“There are a lot of rumours. But this is no question mark, my focus at the moment is here. If there comes a moment we can speak about my future, it’s after the season.”
On his side’s draw, Ismael said: “At half-time I said ‘we have to stay calm. We have to be on the front foot, active, and the first team scoring the next goal, and if we are doing that, it’s game on’.
“And finally, it’s happened, exactly what we expected, and we got the second goal. It’s a little step, but at the minute, we take what we can get. We stopped the bleeding first and it was a great second half.”
