When Notts County announced the signing of 24-year-old Ruben Rodrigues back in 2020, many could not have predicted the impact he would have on the football club.
But at the time of his arrival, Magpies fans were forced to watch their newest star through screens as the Coronavirus outbreak gripped the world and forced the beautiful game to be played behind closed doors.
Moving to a new country in the middle of a pandemic, it meant saying goodbye to his family and not knowing when he would see them again.