It isn’t often a manager is hired by Real Madrid after being sacked by Tottenham with the club bottom of the Premier League.
But this was the case for Juande Ramos, who endured a rollercoaster 12-month stint of charge of Spurs, which peaked when he delivered a first major trophy in nine years with League Cup glory in 2008.
As Ange Postecoglou bids to become the first manager to deliver major silverware since the Spaniard, there could be some striking similarities between the pair should he achieve this.
The Australian leads the north Londoners into their Europa League final against Manchester United with his future very much up in the air.
A torrid Premier League campaign sees Spurs 17th in the table, and talkSPORT understands that even European glory may not be enough to keep Postecoglou in the job.
Should he depart having landed silverware, he would follow in the footsteps of both of Tottenham's last trophy-winning managers.
Both Ramos and 1999 League Cup winner George Graham were sacked shortly after ending respective trophy droughts.
And while Graham's sacking spelled the end of his managerial career, it had the opposite effect on Ramos, who arguably went on to land football's dream job.
In December 2008, the well-travelled Spanish coach was named as Real Madrid's new manager, taking charge of a squad filled with superstars including Sergio Ramos, Raul and Fabio Cannavaro.
But this would have looked inconceivable six weeks earlier, when he was shown the door with Spurs bottom of the Premier League.
It drew the curtain on a short but eventful spell at White Hart Lane, which at first promised great things following his appointment in October 2007.
Just four months into his tenure, Ramos delivered a long-awaited trophy when his side beat Chelsea in the 2008 League Cup final.
The 2-1 extra-time victory appeared to have secured the former Sevilla boss legend status in north London, especially given that Spurs had battered bitter rivals Arsenal 5-1 to book their spot at Wembley.
But things took a turn for the worse, as an 11th-place finish in thePremier League and a dreadful start to the 2008/09 campaign piled the pressure on Ramos.
During this time, Ramos' brutal training and dietary regime also made the headlines, with the Spaniard banning ketchup, salt and pepper in the canteen.
In fact, his methods were so tough that they left one player in hospital on a drip, according to former Spurs striker Darren Bent.
Ultimately, this was all too much for chairman Daniel Levy, who dismissed the Spaniard with his side at the foot of the league table.
But the disappointment certainly didn't hinder Ramos' job prospects, who secured an immediate return to football when he was surprisingly unveiled by Real Madrid weeks later.
With the Spanish giants sitting a disappointing fifth in the LaLiga table at the time of his appointment, the ex-Spurs boss managed to turn the tide in spectacular fashion.
He brought Los Blancos back into the title race after winning 52 points out of a possible 54 in 18 consecutive games.
Ultimately however, Real fell just short at the end of the season, finishing second in the league, nine points behind champions Barcelona.
And despite steadying the ship at the Santiago Bernabeu, a lack of league success and a 5-0 aggregate exit to Liverpool in the Champions League wasn't enough to earn Ramos an extension on his short-term deal until the end of the season.
This brought to an end a whirlwind period for the 70-year-old, who went on to see out the rest of his managerial career with spells at CSKA Moscow, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Malaga.