Moussa Sissoko is now one of the first names on the teamsheet at Tottenham after an incredible transformation in north London.
With his future at the club looking incredibly bleak this time last year, Sissoko took his chance in the team with both hands and didn't look back as he finished the year by starting in the Champions League final.
The Frenchman was absolutely immense throughout the 2018/19 campaign and he was crowned the Tottenham Hotspur Legends' Player of the Season back in May.
The award was certainly well deserved and now the 29-year-old will be hoping to take his game up another level following the big-money arrival of Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon at the start of July.
Quizzed by Son Heung-min about how exactly he's improved so much as a player over the past couple of seasons, Sissoko explained that he never once gave up and it culminated in the best year of his football career.
"It’s because of my work, my mentality, and that’s it. I never give up," he told the club's official website. "Everyone knows and it’s true that when I first came here it wasn’t easy for me, for different reasons.
"It was a new team for me, a new challenge, different players, different system.
"The players already here were also doing well, so it was never easy to be in the starting line-up straight away.
"I took my time, didn’t give up, worked hard every day.
"I know people expected more. I didn’t panic, I stayed focussed with the help of my team-mates and the staff and last season was the best season since I started playing football. It was fantastic.
"I think I can show – even away from football – that when something is hard, you don’t have to give up.
"Keep working, keep believing and do what you have to do, and it will turn around."
