Nuno Espirito Santo has barely taken the tags out of his Tottenham tracksuit, but his first priority as manager is already crystal clear.
Sort out Harry Kane’s future.
The Portuguese was named as Jose Mourinho’s successor on Wednesday, finally ending a long, and at times reputation damaging, managerial search.
In the end, it is the pragmatic ex-Wolves boss that will be tasked with clearing up the mess his compatriot and close friend left behind.
He will inherit a playing staff that looked bereft of confidence and shackled by a system that stunted creativity and expression.
But Nuno’s appointment hasn’t been universally well received - far from it in fact.
Thanks to his final season at Molineux - where Wolves scored just 36 times in 38 games - and his relationship with agent Jorge Mendes, he will have his work cut out to persuade a disgruntled supporter base.
There are comparisons with his predecessor that he will need to disprove as well. During his time at Wolves, he built a team cautious by nature, but unlike Mourinho, he is yet to break his major trophy duck in the dugout.
He will also need to convince the club’s talisman and beating heart that Spurs still share his lofty ambitions.
News of Kane’s desire to leave his beloved club rocked Tottenham’s summer before spring had even finished.
Increasingly perturbed by a lack of success on the pitch and a lack of direction off it, for the first time in his career he hinted he could do the unthinkable and leave.
In a candid interview with Gary Neville on the Overlap YouTube channel, the England captain pointed to his dream of winning trophies, labelling that as his “ultimate goal”.
Asked about reaching the top of the game, he said: "You know, that’s my ultimate goal. That’s my aim, to be winning trophies season in, season out. Scoring 50, 60, 70 goals season in, season out.
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"That’s the standard I want to set myself because I feel like if I give myself anything lower then I might get to the end of my career and be like 'Actually, I could’ve maybe done a little bit more, I could’ve scored a few more goals'.
On Spurs being out of the Champions League, Kane added: "I want to be in them games. So for sure, it’s a moment in my career where I have to kind of reflect and see where I’m at and have a good, honest conversation with the chairman. I hope that we can have that conversation.”
It’s a conversation that Nuno will now hope to have an influence on, but if his unveiling as manager is anything to go by, winning silverware appears to be behind building a culture and developing younger players on the immediate to-do list.
Fabio Paratici, who played a key role in Nuno’s appointment said: “Our key points for this season would be to come back to discipline, to work physically hard, to develop our players, our young players and Nuno is very good in this job.”
While Nuno himself admitted that improving is the goal, rather than winning: “The Premier League is so tough, it’s so demanding.
“I like to approach not thinking about winning, but how do we win? How can we be better so we can win more times?”
Even Daniel Levy reverted back to the tired DNA phrase when introducing the new manager.
Kane has hinted he is willing to be patient, but now 27, whether he is patient enough for a period of rebuilding remains to be seen.
His ultimate goal still seems some way away.
