You could say Alexander Isak and Henok Goitom have one or two things in common. There may be a 15-year age gap between the pair, but these sons of Eritrea were both born in Solna on the outskirts of Stockholm and went on to play as strikers for AIK before sampling life in Spain at crucial junctures of their respective careers.
Remarkably, the pair's connection does not end there. Isak's father, Teame, even taught Goitom Tigrinya, the language of Eritrea, when the Swede was just 10 years of age. Two decades later, that same teacher was dropping off his son for training with Goitom and co at AIK.
Having seen first-hand how Isak has developed since then, Goitom knows more than most how the 23-year-old has 'not changed as a person' - even after a club-record move to Newcastle.
