The January transfer window may have closed but that did not stop Tottenham being hit by a significant departure on Wednesday afternoon.
Steve Hitchen, who accepted the role of chief scout at Spurs in 2017, was promoted to technical performance director three years later.
But he has become increasingly marginalised since the arrival of director of football Fabio Paratici in the summer and has handed in his resignation at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.