When James Rodriguez slammed home his sixth goal for Colombia at the 2014 World Cup, it was widely agreed that he had the potential to reach the very top.
A few weeks later, when he pulled on the famous white strip of Real Madrid after sealing a £63million move from Monaco, widely became universally. This kid was the real deal.
At just 22, Rodriguez had become an overnight superstar, kids roaming the streets with his name on their shirts, YouTube videos of his goals reaching hundreds of millions of views.
But since then it has been far from plain sailing for the forward, and he has struggled to cement his place at both the Bernabeu and on loan in Germany with Bayern Munich.