View from Germany: What is Hasenhüttl's style? Will he keep Southampton up? What does his name mean?

Ralph Hasenhüttl had a great season with Leipzig in his first year. It was the first time for the club in the Bundesliga and nobody expected them to be that good. It was a really young team and he led them to a second-place finish. He played an offensive style of football, mostly 4-4-2.

After his second season he stepped down after he didn't receive a new contract. His old deal would have only lasted another year. There were also rumours of internal problems between him and Ralf Rangnick and apparently he was talking to Bayern Munich about potentially taking over. It was the job Niko Kovac ultimately got.

He knows how to get the best out of his players which he showed in his first season in the Bundesliga with Ingolstadt. He had an average squad at best compared to most of the other teams but managed to keep them in the league and even finished 11th.

It depends how fast he can adapt to the style of play of the Premier League. They do have the players for it and should be more enjoyable to watch with him rather than Mark Hughes - they will definitely score more goals. Defensively he had his struggles in his second season with RB, however, which could be a concern.

Jurgen Klopp told the press about the meaning of his name.

But he didn’t tell you everything. Hase means rabbit, that’s true. But “Hüttl” is some kind of Bavarian/Austrian word for cabin. The kind of cabin you have in the mountains. So his name basically means “rabbitcabin”.