Newcastle United's pursuit of Sandro Tonali reaffirms that the club are not in the game to simply make up the numbers or mess around - it is in many ways a reminder to competitors around them that the Magpies mean business.
It seems daft in many ways for praising the hierarchy for scouting out a target, making an approach, agreeing to terms, and then flying out to complete the medical - all in a matter of days. After all, isn't that how a football club should be run?
Decisive, clinical, and to the point? Well, that is Newcastle United of today, but not of old. Today's Newcastle United is one that sells not a stepping stone to bigger things but rather a club in which a player can achieve the biggest and best - they sell ambition which more importantly is underpinned with a proper plan.
