Gabriel Jesus arrived in England late on Thursday afternoon, snaking through customs at Manchester Airport with his entourage, including a small number of Brazilian journalists.
As he headed for the exit of a journey to have taken him to Heathrow earlier in the day, City’s new £27million signing was not greeted with a huge crowd in what was a relatively understated entrance to the Premier League.
The public tittered at the prospect of a celebrity walking through the gates but not to any great degree. In truth, it did not do justice to his rising stardom in South America.