Manchester United pulled out all the stops in their bid to persuade Jude Bellingham to sign for them.
Legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson was brought in to give the teenage wonderkid a tour of the club's Carrington training complex and current boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer spoke to Bellingham and his family.
It wasn't enough. United seem to have lost out to Borussia Dortmund in their bid to sign the impressive Birmingham City midfielder and it isn't hard to see why the 17-year-old chose to go to Germany.
After the success stories of Jadon Sancho, Erling Haaland and Giovanni Reyna, fast-tracked to regular first-team football in the Bundesliga and Champions League, Dortmund are very much the go-to destination for up-and-coming talents.