The day before Frank Lampard was sacked and Thomas Tuchel arrived in west London, Chelsea had a striker in Tammy Abraham they could rely on.
Amid Timo Werner and Kai Havertz, and the uncertainty with Olivier Giroud's future, Abraham's FA Cup fourth-round hat-trick against Luton Town - cementing his place as the club's top scorer - meant the Englishman was the Blues' go-to man up front.
Fast forward nearly three months and Abraham is still Chelsea's top goalscorer on 12 goals, but the 23-year-old has been exiled at Stamford Bridge by new head coach Tuchel.