It was bang on 25 minutes after Tuesday’s announcement when a black Nissan crawled out of Manchester City’s training ground.
Glancing at busy television crews broadcasting on the sun-kissed forecourt, the driver seemed more than content. Gazing at the sky, tapping the steering wheel.
Pep Guardiola will have allowed himself a few moments of celebration as City finally told the world that Erling Haaland was theirs for £51million.
Pep Guardiola (left) could finally reveal his glee at confirming the signing of Erling Haaland
The Catalan had earlier been close to jumping out of his chair when asked about Haaland during City’s news conference, clearly wanting to enthuse about the new striker but without the necessary clearance to do so given Dortmund had to declare it on the stock exchange first.