To say European football has brought Tottenham managers little to cheer since that exhilarating run to the Champions League final is an understatement. In fact, it has more often become the place to issue their last rites.
The seven-goal humbling on home turf by Bayern Munich hastened Mauricio Pochettino's demise within six months of his finest hour and the dismal 3-0 surrender at Dinamo Zagreb was the beginning of the end for Jose Mourinho.
Nuno Espirito Santo's brief reign hinged on a miserable defeat at Vitesse Arnhem when he left the first team at home in what turned out to be a presage to a feeble group stage exit in the inaugural Europa Conference League.