Interim Sheffield Wednesday boss happy to fill in – but knows not what lies ahead

The long-serving Owls coach, who has a role leading the U21s as his day job, was asked to take over the seniors following the decision to part ways with Xisco, and it’s thought that the new permanent boss will be in charge by the time the game against Watford rolls around later this month.

Nothing’s done just yet, but it’s sounding more and more likely that German, Danny Röhl, will be taking over, and speaking at the weekend ‘Thommo’ admitted that he had no idea whether he would be asked to help out whenever whoever gets the job takes over.

"That’s out of my hands,” he replied when asked if he’d be open to helping out. “I’m here to do a job with the U21s, and I’ve been asked to do a job with the first-team by the chairman – I’m more than happy with that.

“Steve Haslam, Andy Holdsworth and Nicky Weaver stepped into the breach as well, which they were always going to do because the academy staff are driven here and do a really good job.

"We’ve prepared them as best we can, and we’ll see what happens in the next few days.”

Thompson’s first game as interim manager ended in a 0-0 draw with Huddersfield Town on Saturday, earning them their first clean sheet at home, and the hope is that the new boss will be appointed as soon as possible so that he’s given as much of the international break as possible to get settled in.