If Mauricio Pochettino has any worries about the limits of Tottenham's potential after a tough week, then he did a good job of hiding them when he was asked to imagine himself at Barcelona.
It was put to him that he might be tempted by the world's most iconic club given the distinct likelihood that Luis Enrique will leave the Camp Nou this summer.
As one of Europe's most exciting managers, the time is coming, if it has not already, when Pochettino will surely be in the frame for any of football's marquee opportunities.
But he was firm in his conviction that Tottenham is a club worth persevering with, even if this of all weeks might have given him wanderlust.