There's no question that Tottenham fans are sour about the way the club canned Ange Postecoglou, leaving him in a holding pattern for weeks after he delivered a historic Europa League title for them before dismissing him on a Friday night when all the players and most of the supporters had talked themselves optimstically for a better future under Big Ange.
Spurs, though, did at least hire the strongest manager who was realistically available in Brentford's Thomas Frank. The Danish coach has outperformed Postecoglou in the Premier League and has an unquestionably high tactical acumen, having produced a handful of the league's biggest attacking breakout stars over the past couple of seasons.
Tottenham have already sealed one official transfer for Frank this summer, acquiring Mathys Tel on a permanent basis from Bayern Munich. The 20-year-old joins Spurs for just 35 million euros as one of the most talented 20-year-old left wingers on the planet - a ripe gem for Frank to turn into a shining star to potentially replace Son Heung-min.
But when Tel inevitably succeeds at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in the coming years, let's not forget that the Frenchman's permanent stay in Tottenham was the wish of the old Spurs coach, Ange Postecoglou.
Ange Postecoglou saw the vision all along
Back in early February, Postecoglou told reporters when askesd if he wanted Tel to stay in Tottenham for longer than the loan they just signed him to from Bayern in January, Big Ange responded, "I didn't bring him here for six months."
It's clear that Postecoglou saw Tel's talent, athleticism, passion for the game, and buy-in to the Tottenham sporting project merited a longer stay. His plan all along was to get Daniel Levy and Spurs to bring Tel in the door and watch them become convinced enough to sign him from Bayern.
The process all played out exactly as Postecoglou planned it, and it's a shame that Tel and Postecoglou won't get the opportunity to work together. You can tell from how they interacted with each other that they were big fans mutually and that Postecoglou wanted to be THE key manager in Tel's development.
He'll now have Frank, who, admittedly, does seem equally intrigued by the uber-talented forward. Tel definitely has a bright future in North London, and he can go on to become another key part of Postecoglou's legacy at the club, alongside the Europa League title both also helped Spurs win.