Wembley has been booked with a glint of silver in the eye and the last throw of the transfer dice has been completed with the flourish of a £40m recruit Anthony Gordon.
A month of bubbling excitement is over and it is back to the rank and file of the Premier League. Except that for Newcastle this is very much the real deal - third top of the most competitive league in the world with Champions League football unbelievably within touching distance.
United resume where they want to be, at home to West Ham with the opportunity to fully open the throttle once more and roar off into the distance.
