Manchester City's academy head Jason Wilcox used to get annoyed at his staff being poached for new jobs, before the realisation that it was exactly what was supposed to happen if they were doing well in their roles.
If the staff were tasked with producing some of the best young footballers in the game, a job they were having increasing success at, why wouldn't the same clubs admiring the prospects be interested in those that had helped it happen?
City's ambition to have a world-revered academy extended to the non-playing staff, and more and more have landed plum jobs after the recognition of their work at the City Football Academy.
That now includes Wilcox, who will take up a role as the director of football at Southampton in the summer to leave City needing a new leader to carry the academy forward.