The speculation as to whether Youri Tielemans would sign permanently for Leicester City started about 20 minutes into his loan debut for the club in February.
Drafted in at the eleventh hour, replacing an injured Nampalys Mendy against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley, the Belgian produced an eye-catching display, providing the dynamism and creativity that had been absent from the Foxes midfield all season.
Many more performances of this standard were to come from Tielemans, as he established himself as an indispensable cog in the Leicester City machine in the second half of the 2018/19 campaign.
So impressive were the 22-year-old's abilities, few Leicester fans believed that the club had any chance of making the midfielder's move permanent.