Had Leeds United got their way back in September, the sight of Cody Gakpo tapping into an open net at Elland Road would have prompted an altogether different response from the travelling Kop on Monday evening.
Leeds were one of several clubs pursuing the forward, their interest going as far as director of football Victor Orta jetting out to Eindhoven to attempt to thrash out a deal with PSV on deadline day. But with Dutch side playing hardball, the plug was pulled on the transfer just as Leeds were preparing to fly Gakpo and his entourage to England.
Fast forward a few months and the landscape had changed, Leeds out of the picture as Manchester United, one of the other long-term suitors of Gakpo, contemplated agreeing a move for a player who had shone for Holland at the World Cup.
