Chris Powell's contract admission as Sheffield Wednesday favourite hopes for more with Owls

Powell says that the club has ‘got under my skin’ since he came on board early into Danny Röhl’s tenure as manager, and the feeling is certainly mutual as he formed a brilliant relationship with Wednesdayites over the course of the last seven months.

On Saturday he could be seen swinging from the crossbar at the Stadium of Light after the Owls’ 2-0 win over Sunderland confirmed their great escape, and though he revealed that - unlike the other members of staff - his contract is expiring, he doesn’t want this to be the end of his story at Hillsborough.

When asked about the future of Röhl and the club in general, he told talkSPORT, “There are discussions, and we know that happens at every club at the end of every season about which players you’d like to retain and which are going to move on - also what you’d like to bring in. Like I say, that happens at every club, and we’re no different.

“My contract actually ends this June, I didn’t sign until the end of next year like everyone else. That was just because when I came in in October with Dan - we’d only met a couple of times when I was with England and he was with Germany - we didn’t really know each other, and I wasn’t sure how it’d all go.

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“But like I’ve said the club has got under my skin, and I love working with him. I think he’s potentially going to be a very, very good manager higher up - whether that’s the Premier League or Bundesliga, whatever he wants to do. I think he’s got the makings of that.

“There’s a long way to go for him, a lot of learning which will always continue. We’ll see where it lies and where we get to, but one thing is for sure - part one is completed, staying in the Championship. Part two is now about trying to progress… I really hope that we can continue on this great journey that we’ve had, these seven months have been incredible.”