Christopher Nkunku will be greeted by some familiar faces following his long-awaited arrival in England.
He will be reunited at Chelsea with Thiago Silva who was there at the very start of Nkunku's 'adventure' as a professional at Paris Saint-Germain, a journey that has now brought him to Chelsea.
Around the London club there might still be reminders of the trophy-winning exploits of Thomas Tuchel, one of the first senior team managers to put faith in a rookie Nkunku as he rolled off the PSG production line.
Later on in the season the 25 year-old should bump into another manager who did similar in Unai Emery, now at Aston Villa.