David Wagner believes Danny Röhl is doing a 'remarkable job' at Championship strugglers Sheffield Wednesday, ahead of Norwich City's Hillsborough trip.

Röhl took over a club careering back towards League One under Xisco Munoz in October, once Darren Moore had departed weeks after guiding the Owls to Wembley play-off glory.

The 34-year-old German, a product of the Red Bull coaching system who worked with Hansi Flick at both Bayern Munich and the German national team, has guided the Yorkshire club to within two points of safety.

“I know him. I met him once as well in a hotel for coffee a few years ago,” said Wagner, speaking at Colney on Monday. “We were in touch in the winter window as well. He was interested in one of our players, and wanted to have my opinion, and we have spoken about English football, not consistently, but we've done this in the past.

"What he has done in Sheffield is remarkable. Everybody who judges them on the league table at the minute makes a major mistake.

"If you take out the first 10 or 15 games before he came, and you see the points which they collected, this is a mid-table team, and it's not only the points, they play like a mid-table team as well.

“They have everything, the physicality, speed, aggression. They play decent football as well and obviously he comes from this Red Bull coaching background, where they play a certain style, and this is exactly the style with a lot of intensity, a lot of pressure, counter-pressing situations, and this is something we will face.

"The truth is we know everything we have to know, and we are prepared to play our football on our highest level.”

Wagner has fond memories of Hillsborough games in his time at Huddersfield.

"There is something very traditional, even for us Germans. Everybody is aware about this place," he said. "Obviously I have my own history in that I played my first English game against Sheffield Wednesday, and a very exciting one with the play-off semi-final rematch as well. So I have good memories of Hillsborough, and the aim is to put one further into this history."