It was in March that Luka Jovic received a phone call that would radically change the direction of his career.
His agent had met with officials representing Real Madrid while in the Spanish capital, and they confirmed there was genuine interest in signing the forward during the upcoming summer transfer window.
As Jovic listened to the news, it should not have come as a surprise. By that stage of Eintracht Frankfurt's campaign, he had bagged 22 goals across the German domestic league and the UEFA Europa League. With Sebastian Haller, he had formed one of the most formidable strike partnerships on the continent.