Nuno Espirito Santo has been sacked as Tottenham manager after only four months in charge.
Spurs are eighth in the Premier League after a miserable 3-0 defeat on Saturday to a Manchester United side whose own manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had spent the week facing questions about his future.
Here, we looks at how things went so quickly wrong for the former Wolves boss and his side.
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A prolonged 72-day search for Jose Mourinho’s successor saw Nuno initially discounted in favour of the likes of Antonio Conte, Gennaro Gattuso and their much-loved former boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Chairman Daniel Levy reconsidered only after repeatedly failing to secure those other candidates, weakening Nuno in public perceptions from the start as even an opening three-match winning run failed to quell supporters’ concerns. When those results did not continue, his position quickly became insecure.