As much as I wanted the guy out this season for his shitty tactics, unwillingness to adapt, questionable lineups and lack of a definitive play style; now that he's well and truly gone, I can take a step back and assess his stint here properly.
He came here at a very difficult time, we were out of ideas, Messi seemed to be on the decline, we seemed don't to lack that killer instinct and we were coming of a trophiless season. The first half of his first season was pretty bad, we couldn't find our groove, MSN were lacking chemistry and Lucho kept experimenting with our lineups every single match. But, to his credit we came back with a roar in the second half and completely dominated the scene, going on to win the treble. Second year wheels started to fall off a bit, but we still managed to remarkably do the double and this season of couse speaks for itself.
He may not have been the best manager in the world tactically, but he came in here, tweaked our play style to include hitting teams on the counter and gave our seemingly dead squad a new lease of life.
Now that he's gone I strangely already miss him a bit, but this move was necessary, good luck Lucho in whatever comes next and Valverde will have a hell of a job on his hands if he is to top your stubborn ass.