Back in the Champions League with his first Golden Boot taking pride of place on his mantle piece, Heung-min Son couldn’t be happier.
But as the South Korean approaches his seventh close season at Tottenham, matters could easily have been different.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s disastrous spell in charge left players questioning the direction Spurs were headed.
Of course, Nuno was sacked, Antonio Conte was appointed and the rest his history.
You wonder, however, quite how Son would have approached the summer if Conte hadn’t ridden to the rescue.