Harry Kane must look at the Premier League table and wonder why on earth he is still at Tottenham.
After the saga of his move to Manchester City that didn't happen last summer, Spurs are eighth – six points behind fifth-placed neighbours Arsenal.
When he sits down at the dinner table with his England team-mates during the next international break, Kane may find himself listening to colleagues' tales of Champions League nights at the Wanda Metropolitano or the San Siro.
And in return, he can tell them about losing in the Europa League against Mura, a little-known Slovenian team most of us had to look up on the map.
It's too easy to level cheap shots about a thrilling, stoppage-time win at City followed by a desultory defeat at Burnley being typically 'Spursy.'
But when manager Antonio Conte makes ominous noises about his future, barely three months after taking charge, something is not right at Tottenham.
It can't just be the managers. If serial winners Jose Mourinho and Conte struggle to get a tune out of them consistently, it must be about the players and squad strength.
Tottenham is the only club where Mourinho has not won a trophy.
Recruitment has not been good enough. Take away Kane and Heung-min Son, who are fantastic, and there are question marks everywhere else. Not enough star quality.
Apart from Gareth Bale's loan last season, I can't remember the last time Tottenham pulled off a transfer coup which made you sit up and say: 'Wow.'
Conte's comments after the Burnley defeat sounded like a cry for help – or an exit strategy.
He said: “I came in to try to improve the situation and maybe I am not so good. It's the right moment to make an assessment. I am really frustrated – I try to do everything to change it, but it is not changing.”
And Kane's superb performance at the Etihad proved what many people said all along – if City had managed to buy him last summer, the title race would probably be over already.
I know the England captain is under contract at Spurs, and I know it is chairman Daniel Levy's right to hold him to it.
But if all the managerial changes at Tottenham are not going to end their 14-year wait for a trophy – and next week's FA Cup fifth-round trip to Middlesbrough is fraught with danger – how much longer can they hold on to Kane?
Surely when he sees City, Liverpool and Chelsea flying in the Champions League, he must think to himself: 'Yeah, I'd like a piece of that.'
Manchester United must have watched Kane's brilliant performance at the Etihad last weekend and thought: 'Yeah, we'd like a piece of that.”
I'm not saying Kane is driven by envy, because his wages and lifestyle are not an issue, but he will be 30 next year and he must want to put winners' medals in the cabinet.
When he looks back on his career 10 or 20 years from now, he doesn't want to be looking at an empty shelf.
He has been a magnificent player for the best part of a decade, a fine England captain and a role model.
Maybe it's time for Tottenham to contemplate life after Kane and rebuild the side with the £100 million-plus proceeds from selling him – because managers come and go, but the disappointment remains the same.
