When Odion Ighalo joined Manchester United in January, people remembered his five-month goal drought at Watford and three years in the uncompetitive Chinese league.
They'd forgot he scored 20 goals in his first season in England and was among the Premier League's leading scorers in 2015-16 with 15 – only Harry Kane, Sergio Aguero, Jamie Vardy and Romelu Lukaku bagged more discounting penalties.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wasn't so dismissive of the Nigerian's pedigree though even he couldn't have imagined the impact the 30-year-old has made. From being a last-minute loan signing, United are now prepared to pay £15million to make his transfer from Shanghai Shenhua.