Avoiding £4m risky decision about to back-fire for Southampton | OneFootball

Southampton's patience in waiting for Danny Rohl seems encouraging from the outside. In reality, that wait is about to last forever with regrets because Leipzig have become the frontrunners for acquiring Rohl.

One of football's brutal facts is that a chance gone missing is apparently a chance gone wasted. Something similar also happens in the transfer market where failing to secure priority signings means hardly attaining them ever in the future.

And as a Saints fan, the worst part is that Southampton are close to learn this bitter lesson.

That too with their long held Danny Rohl transfer dream which could have been fulfilled around new year's eve for a £4m fee. Southampton were in need of a new leadership back then as well, but the Saints decided to wait patiently to bargain down the release clause.

Looking at the positives, they saved some extra transfer funds but that may soon back-fire like the Carlos Corberan transfer saga. The only difference that could happen is that Southampton's transfer luck will run short in front of an in-form team instead of any relegation counterpart.

Rohl handed homeland offer to dismiss Southampton return

In his own words, renowned journalist Florian Plettenburg said: "Danny Röhl is a new candidate for RB Leipzig. The 35-year-old Sheffield Wednesday coach has impressed Leipzig's decision-makers with Jürgen Klopp."

At this point, I guess a significant chunk of Southampton fans must have assumed Rohl preferring Leipzig over the Saints' homecoming lure. And no one can argue against his choice, because managing one of European football's high-flyers and that too in his homeland is an irresistible offer in itself.

Coming to Southampton, they will need to willingly approach other tacticians for the long-term instead of considering them as stop-gap solutions. Simply put, they need to avoid an Ivan Juric appointment repeat by hand-picking the safest pair of hands to frame their sporting future.