Tottenham Hotspur face an unusual decision that reflects the contrast of emotions as the curtain falls on their rollercoaster season.
What's next for Ange Postecoglou? Will he stay, or will he go?
Heung-min Son, who deservedly lifted the Europa League trophy into the Bilbao sky, has made his stance crystal clear.
"He won the trophy. Nobody did it, so," Son said, according to Alasdair Gold of football.london. "It's not up to me or the players, but we just have to look at the facts, at the fact that we haven't won in 17 years, today is the day we finally won it. It's the manager who wins the trophy. So we see what's going to happen."
Son delivered a message directed straight at Daniel Levy, who faces arguably the most challenging decision of his tenure.
Postecoglou's Spurs delivered a historically poor Premier League performance, with the team entering the final weekend in a battle to lift themselves out of 17th. But it's contrasted by a night in Bilbao that will live for eternity, with Spurs fans rewarded for enduring the gloomiest storm in recent memory and finally reaching the other side to experience the rainbow.
Is it a false dawn that requires a managerial shift or a historical turning point that can lead Tottenham into an exciting new era under Ange?
Daniel Levy should listen to Heung-min Son about Ange Postecoglou's future
It almost makes no sense to retain a manager who, in another season, may have sent Tottenham into the Championship with a pathetic 38 points from 37 games.
But how can Levy fire a manager who just delivered Tottenham's proudest moment in over four decades?
How can Levy fire a coach whom the players adore? Son went to bat for Postecoglou after the game, despite being relegated to the bench at kickoff, and it was clear by the emotional postgame moments Ange shared with his players that they love him.
If there's one way to quickly deflate the locker room after such a monumental achievement, it's to send the man behind it packing.
It truly makes no sense to retain a manager who took a Spurs team with Champions League aspirations into a near-relegation scrap. But that's the beautiful paradox they find themselves in. Ange's to-do list included clinching Champions League football and winning a trophy.
He checked both boxes with Wednesday's gutsy win over Manchester United.
Spurs cycled through "proven winners" like Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte. They won nothing. It was Postecoglou, the manager they settled on after an exhausting and frustrating search, who brought silverware back to N17.
The league table doesn't lie, but nor does the emotion, joy, and relief shared after the most important Tottenham win for generations.
Retaining Ange makes zero sense, but it also makes complete sense. Son is right — Spurs should roll the dice and keep the coach who made this happen.