Newcastle had been tracking William Osula for three years before they signed him from Sheffield United this summer.
If there were any doubts which prevented a deal for him being done sooner than that then perhaps they were justified.
A £15m fee with £5m in add-ons might be chicken feed for a forward in today's market, but Newcastle fans would have expected a little more from the Denmark international on his full debut.
Up against League Two opposition in the form of AFC Wimbledon the 21-year-old failed to make any real impact on the game at St james' Park.