It was a nerve-shredding final day for Newport County, and manager Christian Fuchs can finally exhale. The 40-year-old Austrian admitted the season has been "stressful"—and with 15 minutes left on the clock at Barrow, that stress was written all over his face. Down a goal and with results elsewhere not going their way, the Exiles were staring at relegation from the English Football League.

But then came the drama Newport fans live for. Tom Davies and Bobby Kamwa struck late to snatch a 2-1 victory, keeping County in League Two and sending Barrow down instead. It was an escape act that's becoming a habit for this club—and it sparked immediate questions about what's next for their manager.

Fuchs knows he has a big summer ahead. The former Leicester City Premier League winner signed what was described as a "long-term contract" back in November, when Newport were bottom of the table. But with the Foxes now looking for a new manager after relegation from the Championship, could his old club come calling?

Leicester fans have already made their feelings clear. "It has to be title-winning Christian Fuchs," one supporter told the BBC. "He could build a new young team and be an inspiring in-house leader, like Michael Carrick at Manchester United."

Newport chairman Huw Jenkins will point to that long-term deal—but the pull of Leicester, where Fuchs was part of the miracle 2015-16 title run, is undeniable. And in a twist that feels almost scripted, the win at Barrow came exactly 10 years to the day after that famous Premier League triumph.

"It was meant to be, I guess," Fuchs smiled amid the celebrations at Holker Street. "It's a very nice side note—but I would have been very happy if we could have done it a little bit earlier this season."

For now, the Exiles survive. But with a manager who knows a thing or two about defying the odds, the summer transfer window could be the next chapter in this compelling story.