As Manchester slept on Friday night, alarms set for the morning scramble to claim tickets to a certain set of gigs at Heaton Park, Jadon Sancho was putting the final touches on his own homecoming of sorts.
Raised a Chelsea fan in London, albeit south-east of the river, by Sunday afternoon Sancho was on the pitch at Stamford Bridge, waving to the crowd in his fresh blue strip, then watching his new team-mates spurn a hatful of chances en route to a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace.