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Football can be an unforgiving world. In his five years as manager, Mauricio Pochettino transformed Tottenham Hotspur. He took a team famous for being an also-ran and made it a contender. Although there was no trophy to cap his reign, there was a Champions League final, Tottenham’s first and while there will always be those who will count the lack of silverware against him, Pochettino consistently outperformed the budget allocated him and made Tottenham, for the only time in its history, regular qualifiers for the Champions League.
This season has not begun well. Tottenham lies 14th in the table, 20 points behind the league leader Liverpool.