Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge reckons that Tottenham should have appointed Antonio Conte as their new manager.
Just days after leaving Inter Milan having led the Italian giants to their first Serie A title for more than a decade, Conte was on the verge of replacing Jose Mourinho at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
What happened with Conte this summer?
According to the Evening Standard, after months of searching for someone to become their new manager, the 52-year-old was close to completing a stunning return to the Premier League three years after he left London rivals Chelsea.
However, the Standard quickly revealed that Conte's move to N17 had collapsed, with Daniel Levy having concerns over his huge demands, plus his attitude towards working with younger players.
Four weeks later, Tottenham's painful managerial search finally ended when they appointed Nuno Espirito Santo.
Nuno has endured a tricky start to his tenure, suffering three defeats already from his opening seven Premier League matches and is already under serious pressure.
With that in mind, Bridge believes that Tottenham should have given Conte the job and let the Italian do things his way.
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What did Bridge say?
He told GIVEMESPORT: "For me, the best manager in the world is unemployed and that's Antonio Conte. But we've seen that he would want a guarantee about funds and power.
"This is a guy that wants to come in and rip it up from top to bottom and, as a Tottenham fan, taking my journalist hat away, I would have said 'here's the keys, you do what the hell you like mate because you are that good'.
"He had Victor Moses at right wing-back and still won the league on 93 points. You have gone to Serie A and completely broken the mould of Juventus. You are a serial winner and exactly what Tottenham need."
Should Tottenham have appointed Conte?
It's easy to look back on Conte's history of winning trophies and Spurs' poor start to the season and say it was a mistake letting him go.
But as shown with Chelsea and at Inter, Conte needs massive funds to be successful, which would have been extremely hard to come by working under Levy.
Santo was given just over £60m to spend this summer and 25 percent of that was on Pape Sarr, who was immediately loaned back to Metz. Conte might have brought success and finally ended Tottenham's 13-year wait for silverware, but his needs could have left the club in a far worse position both on and off the pitch had they appointed him.