Southampton boss Ralph Hasenhuttl admits he's had to temper his ambitions since his arrival.

The 54-year-old has since become Southampton's longest-serving manager since Chris Nicholl who led the south-coast club between 1985 and 1991, but now revealed he has had some adjusting to do in that time.

The former RB Leipzig coach conceded he arrived in English football with designs on driving Saints into Europe but quickly had his eyes opened to the Premier League's financial and tactical might.

Asked to review his time at Southampton to date, Hasenhuttl replied: “You want me to give a summary of all that in one minute!

“I've been here a long time now yes, and I knew that it would be tough.

“I was coming from a Champions League club and now I'm at a club where the main goal is to stay in the league.

“It's a survival fight every day, every week, with the limits we have with a club. But we've made some good progress.

“Even if you sell players for a lot of money we are trying to rebuild the team, this is the way we have to go.

“This was a change in my mind also, it took a little bit to understand this, to be honest.

“When we were coming here we had targets of bringing the club as high in the table as possible, maybe reaching European places.

“But then you see how strong the league is, you see the potential, and there's another team coming now in Newcastle with absolutely more financial potential than we have."