When Marco Silva arrived at Hull City last season, they were bottom of the Premier League. They'd won one of their previous 18 games, had a disaffected fan base and an overburdened squad who started the season featuring just 13 fit senior players. Oh, and two of the best in that group, Jake Livermore and Robert Snodgrass, were promptly sold.
Hull ultimately went down, but the very fact they had a chance of staying up proved what an exceptional job Silva did. And why, after leaving at the end of the season, he had a buffet of clubs lined up and ready for him to choose from.