The possibility of a manager leaving Tottenham Hotspur after winning the Europa League should sound familiar to fans of a certain age, who will remember the remark attributed to Keith Burkinshaw on exiting the club.
Legend has it that Burkinshaw said “there used to be a football club over there” after leaving Spurs for the final time, following the club’s last success in Europe.
Tottenham won the 1984 Uefa Cup – now the Europa League – under Burkinshaw but it proved to be his last game in charge as the Barnsley-born manager left the club over a disagreement with the board.