Mauricio Pochettino understands that times have changed since he took over at Tottenham near on 10 years ago. At that point he was the new kid on the block, treated with caution but excitement.
Before the Argentine Spurs had finished in the top four twice in their history of the Premier League and never higher. By the time he left the club in 2019 they had qualified for the Champions League for four years in a row and had been a top-three side on three occasions, including as runners-up in 2016/17.
His first two years brought about little immediate improvement though. In his first season, Tottenham won the same amount of games, 21, but lost three more and finished three points worse off, scoring fewer goals and conceding more.
