Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has worked wonders in the two years since his arrival from Southampton.
When he was appointed Spurs had no playing identity, a shallow first-team squad, a more or less total absence of homegrown players and a number of misfiring high-price signings.
Pochettino has iconoclastically rebuilt the side after selling some of the club's longest-serving players like Michael Dawson and Aaron Lennon.
Happier to promote academy youngsters ahead of supposedly proven internationals like Paulinho, Etienne Capoue and Roberto Soldado, Pochettino has indisputably put his mark on the team.