It was just typical that out of favour Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was to hit the ground running in the blue and red stripes of Barcelona.
Many thought it was a wise decision from Mikel Arteta to move on a player who had been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last few months on the condition that he was to be replaced but the five goals in the last three scored by the Gabonese coupled with other factors have posed more questions than answers.
However this didn't happen despite strong links to Juventus' new man Dusan Vlahovic and Real Sociedad's Alexander Isak.