Ben Brereton Diaz let go of a decent Blackburn return opportunity mid season and now correcting that blooper might be his best attempt at carving out a satisfactory individual campaign.
Though it needed six defeat-laden months to realise, it's safe to say Jan Bednarek knows there's not much left to do at Southampton that can uplift his career. Plus, the Saints stood in the way of that winter approach and it's better, the Poland international didn't ended up doubting his choices.
As then, the morale takes long to recover and forget the form, that's a separate mountain to climb. And how do one knows, by watching Ben Brereton Diaz whose January decision wasn't even the best he could make.
There was the chance for him to reverse his awful Blackburn exit by going there on loan and trying to settle in the same surroundings where he excelled. Well, he may have felt a playoffs miss agony, in contrast to the promotion miss one but atleast his scoring rhythm will have been fine tuned at the very least.
Again, that probably reflects why the former Manchester United academy graduate couldn't make a senior debut there. The 26-year-old forward nerds to re-think and refine his decision making with the Football League World believing he must begin with amending the Blackburn mistake first.
Diaz has an open spot waiting for him at Blackburn
And don't fall for only the homecoming bias, there is another brilliant reason for Diaz to set foot back to the Rovers dressing room. According to Transfermarkt, Blackburn's star winger Tyrhys Dolan has made the switch to Espanyol meaning a vacancy has opened up.
The fact that he went to Espanyol won't concern much to Southampton fans because the game is all done, then however frustrating those ninety minutes went.
Rather, it's time for Diaz to contact his former employers in order to arrange a transfer because his preseason hasn't brought starter chants from the fans and Will Still too, won't give him a generous playing eleven audition.