Lord Sugar’s approach to football’s transfer market came to mind with the big ‘game’s gone’ moment of the international break - Southampton’s £100million valuation of Tyler Dibling.
It seems a tad steep, a dangerous investment even, for a teenager who could not wait to retreat to St Mary’s a month or so after signing for Chelsea in the summer of 2022.
The same year, incidentally, in which Serbian businessman Dragan Solak bankrolled Sport Republic’s takeover of the Saints, buying a controlling stake in the club for £100m.
So, what could have bought you to the whole shooting match less than three years ago, will now get you one prodigiously gifted 19-year with 25 Premier League appearances and a couple of goals.