They have had to be patient, but on Wednesday it appeared that Bayern Munich finally got their man.
For over a year now, the German champions have been in lukewarm pursuit of Manchester City winger Leroy Sane.
Put on ice by his injury last summer, almost forgotten about in the midst of Bayern's early-season crisis and finally rekindled by the coronavirus crisis, it has always been a question of when, not if, Sane's move from Manchester to Munich would go ahead.
It has also been a question of how, and most importantly for how much.