Sheffield Wednesday meeting to be held with switch in youth transfer policy confirmed

The German boss has expressed his desire to strengthen the working relationship between the club's two playing centres and has worked closely with the likes of under-21 manager Neil Thompson. Hotshot youngster Bailey Cadamarteri played the second half of their Championship defeat to Millwall over the weekend and other young players will be handed the chance to impress over the current international break.

Röhl's predecessor Xisco had outlined an intention to keep the club's younger players in-house rather than continue a policy of loaning the more senior under-21s out to clubs for senior experience. As reported by The Star last week, under Röhl the club look set to revert to the policy of allowing youngsters out on a temporary basis, with a handful of deals possible in the coming weeks.

"Yes I think it's important that these guys go and get some experience in senior games," Röhl said.

"I think it is different to under-21 games but we have really good communication with Steven (Haslam, academy manager) and we decided this is maybe the best step for these players to improve them. This is what we have to do as a club: improve the players and make them ready for the first team."

Expressing his desire to take a look at some of the more advanced younger players this week, Röhl also hinted that he has requested the under-21s move their playing style closer to the ideals he is trying to instil on the senior side.

"The next week we will have a meeting with the academy about the potential of all the under-21 players," Röhl continued. "An international break is always a good time to take some (younger) players to the first team, to train with us. Then we'll see.

"Neil (Thompson) watches all the under-21 games and is able to give me good feedback and I can see the direction of the improvement in the under-21s because they know what I demand from them. They have to sprint, press and play intense football. It's good that we are very close to each other."