Brendan Rodgers is relieved he ended up as manager of Liverpool and not Tottenham.
The former Swansea boss was in the mix to succeed Harry Redknapp but instead ended up at Liverpool while Andre Villas-Boas took over at White Hart Lane.
And he believes the dismissal of the Portuguese this week is indicative of the short-termism which means he got the better end of the deal.
Asked how he felt about the situation now, Rodgers said: "A close shave. They are a great club and one of the things I looked at was the history.
"They'd had 11 managers in 18 years there so for someone like myself, I needed to create something; I needed to go to a club that was going to give us that opportunity," he told the Daily Mail.
"It's difficult...they have had a good couple of years, they were up there under Harry Redknapp.
"Obviously there have been difficulties from [Gareth] Bale leaving. There are many good players but very few who perform week in week out to that level.
"I am more than happy with the choice I made to come here and hopefully in time it will prove to be the right one."
