Antonin Kinsky had just clambered out of the sauna on Friday evening when he learned he would be flying to London in the morning to sign for Tottenham.
Kinsky, the 21-year-old goalkeeper who has joined Spurs from Slavia Prague in a deal worth around £12.5million, had been "certain" he would stay at the Czech club this month and the transfer happened so quickly, he nearly left for the UK without a pair of boots or gloves.