When it emerged that Liverpool had offered £21million for Fluminense midfielder Andre, there was a collective murmuring among many Kopites: 'who?'
This has not come out of nowhere. Mail Sport reported in July that Liverpool were among a host of European clubs interested in him.
All the same, he is a relative unknown, and he was no high-profile target until recent days.
With Jordan Henderson completing his move to Al-Ettifaq for £12million, Fabinho joining Al-Ittihad for £40m, and Southampton rejecting Liverpool's second bid of £41m for Romeo Lavia all in the last week, this is not a time for studious patience.