Roberto De Zerbi could be in line for a big summer transfer warchest at Tottenham - providing the Lilywhites stay in the Premier League come the end of the season.
The Italian joined Spurs during the international break, replacing the beleaguered Igor Tudor at the helm, after the Croatian failed to win any of his Premier League games in charge of the club, having replaced the sacked Thomas Frank.
De Zerbi was one of Spurs' top targets for a permanent appointment in the summer, but club chiefs moved up their approach for the former Brighton boss, asking him to come in now and save them from the threat of relegation.
De Zerbi Must Keep Spurs In The Premier League
He was handed a five-year contract in N17, showing the club's commitment to him and the head coach's commitment to the club, even if they were to be relegated to the Championship.
Spurs have seven games to preserve their Premier League status, starting at Sunderland on Sunday afternoon.
But if he does succeed in keeping Spurs in the top flight, De Zerbi could be handed a huge transfer kitty to improve the Tottenham squad that he has inherited.
Speaking to the United Stand, GIVEMESPORT's senior football correspondent Ben Jacobs explained how Spurs can exploit a loophole to go big on transfers in the summer window - but only if they stay up.
The Premier League's Profit & Sustainability Rules will be replaced by Squad Cost Ratio rules this summer and that allows clubs outside of European competition to spend 85% of their football-related revenue on player wages, transfers and agent fees, compared to 70% for clubs in Europe. And they can go even higher than that given it is the first year of the new rules.
New Premier League Rules Could Benefit Tottenham
He said: "Tottenham will be able to exploit this loophole of no European football, where you're under Squad Cost Ratio but not Financial Fair Play.
"You can spend 85% of your revenue on transfers and for Tottenham even without Champions League football they'll have pretty decent revenue because of the size of their stadium and their brand has always brought in decent capital and they won't be bound by Financial Fair Play but also they won't be bound by that many potential domestic sanctions because in the first year of Squad Cost Ratio you've got 30% extra leeway on top of that 85% number, so 115% of total revenue [can be spent] on transfers, without really incurring anything as it's viewed as a transition year."
That would be a huge benefit to De Zerbi as he looks to freshen up an ailing squad that has finished in the bottom reaches of the Premier League for the second season running.