Newcastle United co-owner Mehrdad Ghodoussi told fans that "patience is a virtue" back on June 15 as the Magpies faithful grew frustrated at the lack of movement in the transfer market. After all, it had been an entire week since Matt Targett's permanent deal had been announced.
Before the month of June was out, the Newcastle chief's message had been proven right. Nick Pope and Sven Botman had joined the ranks, taking the summer spending to a cool £60m so far.
Admittedly we are nearing the business end of July and a transfer roadblock has been hit as attacking prospects prove tricky to acquire. Key targets such as Moussa Diaby and Alexander Isak are slightly out of reach at present due to their significant value to Bayer Leverkusen and Real Sociedad respectively.
