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Well he had won the league in his last 3 consecutive jobs and a lot of Italian football experts were waxing lyrical about how he would find a way to win at Spurs as that's just what he does.I think it went further than just relief of a big name to replace Nuno. A lot were seriously talking about us challenging for the league within a season or two.
With hindsight it's easy to say it was a bad move, but I think there were legitimate reasons to be excited at the time and for fans to hope that he could repeat what he did at Inter, Chelsea, etc. And let's not forget, he did do a fabulous job and massively overachieved in his first season.