As a young defender trying to make a name for himself in Germany’s lower leagues, Danny Rohl’s playing career was ended by injury before he had even reached his 21st birthday.
But his journey in football was far from finished. Indeed, it was only when he hung up his boots that Rohl started to climb the ladder and show his capabilities.
By the time he was in his mid-20s, he had started studying sport science and landed a job as a video analyst and coach with RB Leipzig.
At that time, Leipzig were very much the coming force of German football and it was there that Rohl became steeped in the Red Bull football machine where speed rules and gegenpressing is king.