On 2 September 2019, Barcelona fans across the globe were still clutching in vain to the hope that Neymar might still, somehow, complete a deadline day move back to Catalonia to end the transfer saga of all transfer sagas.
He didn't.
The lack of closure on Neymar's prodigal son story was a severe, if not unexpected, anti-climax. However, there was one announcement from Barcelona that deadline day at 10:27 pm. The Spanish champions had reached an agreement for the transfer of 16-year-old Pedro Gonzalez Lopez, Pedri for short, from Las Palmas for the sum of €5m.
It wasn't the deal to appease the fans but the announcement was intriguing.