It was the signing that made a real statement for Crystal Palace. The arrival of Yohan Cabaye for a then club-record fee of £10m from Paris Saint-Germain made many who thought of the Eagles as perennial relegation battlers, punching way above their weight merely by being in the Premier League, as a side serious about competing.
Just five years on from being plunged into administration, on the brink of liquidation, this seemed a far cry from the days of having to use right back Danny Butterfield as a striker. A far cry from the days of struggling to pay for the use of the floodlights at Selhurst Park.