LONDON -- The speed is the most surprising part. In the span of just 11 hours, timed between Tottenham's club statements on Twitter, they went from firing Mauricio Pochettino and unveiling Jose Mourinho as their new manager. After five-and-a-years under the former, it took half a day to move on in a decisive, risky new direction.
It seems remarkable that it could play out so quickly and yet sources tell ESPN FC that this was merely the conclusion for something that had been a long time in the making. Here's how it played out in North London after one of the most tumultuous days for Tottenham in recent memory.